Re: locked out from gdm - input field greyed out

["Sumo Wrestler (or just ate too much)" <sumo.wrestler.0rj82m+no.spam.abuse@earthlink.net>]

B.Hoffmann wrote:
> Hi there,

Yo

> tonight after a bit of hacking managed to lock myself out of the system
> [...]

Hit Control-Alt-F2. (This brings you into a text-mode VT).
Log-in as root. Fix the problem.

There are probably another couple-dozen ways to solve this problem.