i Ricard, > It has a keyboard failure - the "h" key is intermittent and my primary > account is "Richard" ;/
[ I presume you know tat tis kind of failure can often (sadly not always) be fixed by cleaning. ] > I have no problem logging in as root. > > Two primary questions: > 1. is there someway that I can use a USB connected keyboard > as workaround while root? I can't tink of any reason wy tat wouldn't "just work". ave you tried? > 2. is there some way to switch from "root" to "Richard" without > having to type to the pop-up that shows when using > System->Logout... ? Probably, and tat probably depends on wat you mean by "switc" and on te kind of "display manager" you're using (many of tem give you a list of users from wic you can select by clicking). You can also (as root) cange your user's name to remove tat pesky `` letter. Stefan