I've written a lot of strange problem emails since I got 9.0. This stuff is really getting to me. It's not just on one system, and it's stuff too strange to be a 'normal' distro problem. I just re-installed 9.0 on my HP zd7260 after having the nvidia problems. I wiped my install and started fresh. Firsttime in, I went in as my normal user. I tried to start yast and got the login prompt. My standard root password didn't work. I loaded the rescue system and edited out the password in /etc/shadow (/mnt/etc/shadow). I also edited inittab to stop at level 3. I then rebooted and root worked without a password. I changed the password to my 'normal' one. Then I logged in as my user. Yast and su from a shell both refused my root password. I logged out, and back in as root from run-level 3. The password worked there. Then I did a startx from root and changed my password (again to the normal one). Then I logged out. At level 3, my root password was bad again. This is all from a fresh install. I've done nothing else to the system. Any idea of what's going on???? -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
On Monday 23 August 2004 09:38, Jim Sabatke wrote: [snipped]
I then rebooted and root worked without a password. I changed the password to my 'normal' one. Then I logged in as my user. Yast and su from a shell both refused my root password. I logged out, and back in as root from run-level 3. The password worked there. Then I did a startx from root and changed my password (again to the normal one). Then I logged out. At level 3, my root password was bad again.
This is all from a fresh install. I've done nothing else to the system.
Any idea of what's going on????
Most likely, you have a bad keyboard mapping problem... In other words, when you log in using the console, you're using a different mapping compared to when you log in on X, etc. Check if the keys you type corresponds to what comes out on the screen. -- - E -
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On Monday 23 August 2004 09:38, Jim Sabatke wrote:
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I then rebooted and root worked without a password. I changed the password to my 'normal' one. Then I logged in as my user. Yast and su from a shell both refused my root password. I logged out, and back in as root from run-level 3. The password worked there. Then I did a startx from root and changed my password (again to the normal one). Then I logged out. At level 3, my root password was bad again.
This is all from a fresh install. I've done nothing else to the system.
Any idea of what's going on????
Most likely, you have a bad keyboard mapping problem...
In other words, when you log in using the console, you're using a different mapping compared to when you log in on X, etc.
Check if the keys you type corresponds to what comes out on the screen.
I never *intentionally* did any sort of mapping change, and this install was extremely fresh. However, this laptop seems to have a very sensitive mouse touchpad. It seems to auto-select things as I'm typing. This also happens in XP where the most annoying result is that help screens popup constantly. I believe you probably identified the problem. I had a very strange thing happen right after that install. I wasy trying to setup an FTP client, when halfway through it, I could no longer type "/" characters and got dashes instead. I'm guessing the mapping changed, like you say, but I have no idea why or how it happened during that process. Anyway, yet another fresh install fixed it. Thanks for your insight. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.
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