Re: password problem
On 2016-07-12, der.hans <deb-user@LuftHans.com> wrote:
>>
>>;s The installation proceeded smoothly to the end and I tried to log in.
>> That's where the wheels came off. The os wouldn't take the password no
>> matter how many tries there were.
>
> Have you tried from a virtual terminal as well as from X?
Did he try from a display manager?
He says no matter how many tries, so I suppose many thousands of
attempts have been made, which is praise-worthy from an obstination
perspective (I'm just kidding).
No, you're right, go to the console if that hasn't already been done and
give it a try (while verifying that there isn't some sort of keymap
problem, which happened to me once or twice).
> I'm certain you know how to get there, but just in case you don't remember...
>
>
><ctrl><alt><f1>
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>> I've run into this before and it always ended in a reinstall, which
>> didn't always solve the problem.
>>
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