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Article #739Re: KDM Problem!!!! Help!!!!!!!!
From: Stephen Schwetz
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:00
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or you could use linux 1 or linux 3 to get into single user or text mode resectively phlegm@csolve.net wrote: > In article <uY3A2.81$LM2.206977@news.abs.net>, > "Steven D. Nakhla" <nakhla@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Help!!!!!! I tried to install KDM according to the directions on the web > > page. However, when I rebooted my system and tried to login, both my root > > account and my personal account failed. I can't login at all. This is a > > HUGE problem, because I can't get in to fix it since the computer is running > > at runlevel 5 to automatically start kdm at startup. Can anyone help me??? > > It's VERY important that I be able to boot Linux. > > > > Thanks! > > Steve Nakhla > > > > Please reply to: > > nakhla@bcpl.net > > > > > > > I have the same login problem here as well. I switched back to xdm for now. > The way to get out of your predicament is to press left cntrl-alt and f-2 or > f-3 or any other f key. This will send you back to a console where you can > log in as root and edit your inittab file with vi or whatever. if you press > cntrl-alt-f7 it will put you back into xwindows. Hope somebody here figures > out the login problem though. > > Have fun. > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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