CTRL-ALT-F1 should get you to a character terminal even with X installed. There you will be able to sign on.
The problem has to do with shadow passwords. Something to do with needing to with needing to use xdm-shadow instead of xdm. On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Richard Harran. wrote: > I have just installed the X11 graphical windows program, at the same time > as upgrading from debian 1.2 -> 1.3. It all worked fine at the time, and > I selected to have X11 coming up automatically on start-up. However, I > have just rebooted my machine, and after the usual linux start-up > messages, it came up with the login window in X11. I entered 'root' as > user name, and my password (I need to make linux bootable from > hard-drive), but kept getting login incorrect. (I installed shadow > passwords when upgrading to 1.3, if this has any effect). Is there a way > I can get linux to boot-up without starting X11 (preferably without > resorting to the rescue disk), and/or change my password? Is the problem > that you can't login to X11 as root? > > Cheers > Rich. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
