cant get to regular login after hard poweroff

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twantnix3

another problem I have had with Freebsd is when I press the power button to turn my laptop off, when i start it back up, its like it goes to something like single user or rescue mode because it doesn't ask for a login, it just goes to a shell prompt. Have I broken something at this point or can I get back to my login some how?
 
[cmd=]fsck -y[/cmd]
[cmd=]reboot[/cmd]

Use [cmd=]shutdown -p now[/cmd] to power down, don't rely on perfect button/ACPI interaction.
 
what if the power goes out or gdm/gnome messes up(which has happened) annd I have to turn it off with the off button?
 
Then you'll have to [cmd=]fsck -y[/cmd] manually on startup, as shown above, or leave it to the system to do it for you after an unclean shutdown, by putting this in /etc/rc.conf:

Code: 
fsck_y_enable="YES"
background_fsck="NO"

The defaults are exactly the other way round, but I find this works better for me (i.e. only continue booting the system after the automatic fsck has finished)
 
twantnix3 said:
what if the power goes out or gdm/gnome messes up(which has happened) annd I have to turn it off with the off button?
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gdm messing up is not always a reason to have to use the power button. You could try killing X and rebooting gracefully from the console.
 
ph0enix said:
gdm messing up is not always a reason to have to use the power button. You could try killing X and rebooting gracefully from the console.
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well, what if it freezes and you have to push the big red button? lol
 
What was the error you got when it dropped into single user mode?
 
Why would gdm messing up force you to manually power it down. Switch to another console (ctrl+alt+[f1-f8]) and shut it down.
 
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