On 2016-07-12, der.hans <deb-u...@lufthans.com> wrote: >> >>;s The installation proceeded smoothly to the end and I tried to log in. >> That's where the wheels came off. The os wouldn't take the password no >> matter how many tries there were. > > Have you tried from a virtual terminal as well as from X?
Did he try from a display manager? He says no matter how many tries, so I suppose many thousands of attempts have been made, which is praise-worthy from an obstination perspective (I'm just kidding). No, you're right, go to the console if that hasn't already been done and give it a try (while verifying that there isn't some sort of keymap problem, which happened to me once or twice). > I'm certain you know how to get there, but just in case you don't remember... > > ><ctrl><alt><f1> > > ciao, > > der.hans > >> I've run into this before and it always ended in a reinstall, which >> didn't always solve the problem. >> -- Même l’avenir n’est plus ce qu’il était. Paul Valéry