Can you still log into the normal tty:s? Try ctrl-alt-f6 for example.

Not sure exactly what is broken here...but running "ls -l /usr/bin | grep
login"  and see what it says. Possibly some permissions were not set
properly because of the failed update.

Best,

Christopher Svanefalk



On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Patrick Dupre <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I tried to update a fedora 16 to 17. Unfortunately, the update failed
> very soon after the starting.
> Then, no way to try again to update, the distribution was not recognized.
> Anyway, I was able to boot the distribution, but at the login, after I
> give a login name I get:
> tty1: can't exec /bin/login permission denied
>
> What are your recommendations?
>
> Thank.
>
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