Re: X11 Problems

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, Richard Harran. wrote:

> I have just installed the X11 graphical windows program, at the same time
> as upgrading from debian 1.2 -> 1.3.  It all worked fine at the time, and
> I selected to have X11 coming up automatically on start-up.  However, I
> have just rebooted my machine, and after the usual linux start-up
> messages, it came up with the login window in X11.  I entered 'root' as
> user name, and my password (I need to make linux bootable from
> hard-drive), but kept getting login incorrect.  (I installed shadow
> passwords when upgrading to 1.3, if this has any effect).  Is there a way
> I can get linux to boot-up without starting X11 (preferably without
> resorting to the rescue disk), and/or change my password?  Is the problem
> that you can't login to X11 as root?
> 
This is the same problem that Tim O'Brien was having. It is a
configuration ordering problem that has been fixed in the next release.
Xdm get's configured as non-shadow while the system is configured for
shadow.

The workaround is simple. Switch to a console VC (cntrl, alt, F1, for
instance) and, as root, type:

	shadowconfig off
	shadowconfig on

and restart xdm. Everything should work fine from this point on.

Luck,

Dwarf
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