How do I kill Xorg and get back to the command line?

[homer_3]

I've been following this guide http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html. When I get to the part where I run

Xorg -config xorg.conf.new

I get this gray background with a black X as my mouse cursor. At this point the only input I can do is move the cursor around. I have to restart the OS to get back to the command line.

The guide talks about a virtual console that is accessible by hitting ctrl+alt+F1, but that does nothing when I press it.

 

[SirDice]

I've been following this guide http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html. When I get to the part where I run

Xorg -config xorg.conf.new

I get this gray background with a black X as my mouse cursor. At this point the only input I can do is move the cursor around. I have to restart the OS to get back to the command line.

Ctrl-Alt-backspace

Unless your keyboard isn't recognized x(

For a recent Xorg 7.x, make sure you have these in your /etc/rc.conf:

hald_enable="YES"
dbus_enable="YES"

Reboot or start both services by hand:

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start

And try if X works without a xorg.conf.

NB If you have another (Windows) computer use PuTTY to login and use the reboot command

 

[homer_3]

Thanks. ctrl+alt+backspace worked. I misread the note as after 7.3 and I'm on 7.1.

 

[oYo]

Note that sometimes ctrl+alt+backspace won't work ,you will have to creat a file named x11-input.fdi with some configuration ,for more detail check the handbook in Chapter 5 The X Window System ,in 5.4.2 Configuring X11 .