On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 10:54:32AM -0500, Bob Grabbe wrote: > OK, this worked when I reinstalled from the cd again. I now have the X login > screen and my mouse even works. > The problem I have now is that I didn't create a second user id during the > install. The gui won't let me log in as root, even into the failsafe > sessions. Is there any other way of getting in to create another user > without having to restart the install ?
Sure, just use 'CTRL+ALT+F1' to get to a console. Login as root, and use the command 'adduser' to create a new user which you can use to login with. (Use ALT+F7 to return to X) -- asg
