Update this morning killed local login.
Greets ppl,
I did an apt-get dist-upgrade this morning, and after that I can no
longer
log in to the console. I had just rebooted after the update,
and was watching
the kernel boot messages, when I saw something strange pop up.
It was similar
to the following (going from memory)
Checking for valid XFree86 configuration file.....unable to
check!
Not starting KDM Windows Manager
I then got a normal non X login console screen, but no matter
what
username and password I use, I get invalid login.
Luckily my machine is on a cable network and I was able to ssh
in
from work, so the machine is accepting remote passwords, just
not
console logins. Since I am sshing in I have not tried starting
X remotely
yet, wanted to see if anyone had any ideas before I muck around too
much.
One thing I did notice was that the Login package was updated in the
update
this morning, and it was right after that that things stopped
working.
Regards,
Todd
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