Re: X11 Problems
You can always type Ctl-Alt-F1 to get to a regular console. I don't know,
however, if that will fix your problems.
Ben
bewhite@bgsm.edu
> 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?
>
> Cheers
> Rich.
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