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nick wrote:
> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through the
> initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the system at
> boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was warned that data
> might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details after the repair and
> now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a local host screen and I
> think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure how thats done. Anyone help
> me here please.
>
> thanks
>
>
can you get a login prompt?. If you can still log in as root you will be
able to run the deluser command from the console. Use the Midnight
Commander (mc at the command prompt) to find it, it is at
/usr/sbin/deluser on Debian. Then you can use the adduser command to
recreate the account. If you are using an X-window log in it could be
crashing during the X-window boot which will give you the console but
with the keyboard locked out. This is harder.
If you are booting with LILO,you can try "single" at the LILO prompt
to start a single user console but it won't work if the command line is
locked in the LILO configuration file. If necessary, use a Linux boot
disk to get a command line, tomsrbt is recommended and a web search will
find it.
Mount the disk partition containing your /etc directory ('man mount'
for help on the mount command}. If using a boot disk, you need a mount
point for the filesystem. Usually this is /mnt. The command 'fdisk
/dev/hda' will allow you to read the partition table and find out how
the disk is partitioned. A second drive would be /dev/hdb etc. In the
simple case '/bin/mount /dev/hda1 /mnt' will get you going assuming that
all of Linux is on the first partition of the first hard disk drive.in
this case the path to the /etc directory will be /mnt/etc and the boot
disk /etc directory will be /etc (!).
Once you have the filesystem containing the /etc directory mounted,
you can edit the /etc/inittab file which controls the boot process. You
need to change the default runlevel to give you a console login rather
than a graphic shell login. look for a line like
id:4:initdefault:
On Debian this line causes a boot into run level four, or console mode.
Check the comments in your file to see what change you need to make to
get a console mode boot. Edit and save the file. If using the tomsrbt
disk, use the pico editor. Reboot. You are hopefully now in console mode
and looking at a login prompt. Login as root and do the deluser/adduser
thing. Once console mode is working, try the command 'telinit x' (where
x is the original default runlevel) to start X-windows.

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:00:26 -0800, nick wrote:

> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through the
> initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the system at
> boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was warned that data
> might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details after the repair and
> now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a local host screen and I
> think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure how thats done. Anyone help
> me here please.
>
> thanks

Have you got a graphical login? ie, is the screen black with a command
prompt? If so, then login using your username and password.

Then type:

startx

Tell us what you get.

Matt

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:46:48 +1300, Roger_Nickel wrote:

> nick wrote:
>> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through
>> the initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the
>> system at boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was
>> warned that data might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details
>> after the repair and now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a
>> local host screen and I think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure
>> how thats done. Anyone help me here please.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
> can you get a login prompt?. If you can still log in as root you will be
> able to run the deluser command from the console. Use the Midnight
> Commander (mc at the command prompt) to find it, it is at
> /usr/sbin/deluser on Debian. Then you can use the adduser command to
> recreate the account. If you are using an X-window log in it could be
> crashing during the X-window boot which will give you the console but with
> the keyboard locked out. This is harder.
> If you are booting with LILO,you can try "single" at the LILO prompt
> to start a single user console but it won't work if the command line is
> locked in the LILO configuration file. If necessary, use a Linux boot disk
> to get a command line, tomsrbt is recommended and a web search will find
> it.
> Mount the disk partition containing your /etc directory ('man mount'
> for help on the mount command}. If using a boot disk, you need a mount
> point for the filesystem. Usually this is /mnt. The command 'fdisk
> /dev/hda' will allow you to read the partition table and find out how the
> disk is partitioned. A second drive would be /dev/hdb etc. In the simple
> case '/bin/mount /dev/hda1 /mnt' will get you going assuming that all of
> Linux is on the first partition of the first hard disk drive.in this case
> the path to the /etc directory will be /mnt/etc and the boot disk /etc
> directory will be /etc (!).
> Once you have the filesystem containing the /etc directory mounted,
> you can edit the /etc/inittab file which controls the boot process. You
> need to change the default runlevel to give you a console login rather
> than a graphic shell login. look for a line like
> id:4:initdefault:
> On Debian this line causes a boot into run level four, or console mode.
> Check the comments in your file to see what change you need to make to get
> a console mode boot. Edit and save the file. If using the tomsrbt disk,
> use the pico editor. Reboot. You are hopefully now in console mode and
> looking at a login prompt. Login as root and do the deluser/adduser thing.
> Once console mode is working, try the command 'telinit x' (where x is the
> original default runlevel) to start X-windows.

right. managed to get in. On boot up, i get to a screen with options.
titled local host. A grey box with icon folder buttons on the left hand
side. I click on the user thats set up for me after scrolling down to it.
I have the option in a drop down box to get to, something simalar to a dos
prompt where I I found that by typing my user name at the promt I can get
into my user.

found that by typing ked at the user local host promt I get into the kde
interface. I have tried by going into configure your computer and clicked
on defaults to user but on reboot I have to get to the dos promt thing
again and type in kde.

Question, how do I get kde to fire up to the user interface where I jsut
type in my user name and pw ?. withpout having to go through to the promt
and tell it to go to kde.

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:46:48 +1300, Roger_Nickel wrote:

> nick wrote:
>> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through
>> the initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the
>> system at boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was
>> warned that data might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details
>> after the repair and now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a
>> local host screen and I think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure
>> how thats done. Anyone help me here please.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
> can you get a login prompt?. If you can still log in as root you will be
> able to run the deluser command from the console. Use the Midnight
> Commander (mc at the command prompt) to find it, it is at
> /usr/sbin/deluser on Debian. Then you can use the adduser command to
> recreate the account. If you are using an X-window log in it could be
> crashing during the X-window boot which will give you the console but with
> the keyboard locked out. This is harder.
> If you are booting with LILO,you can try "single" at the LILO prompt
> to start a single user console but it won't work if the command line is
> locked in the LILO configuration file. If necessary, use a Linux boot disk
> to get a command line, tomsrbt is recommended and a web search will find
> it.
> Mount the disk partition containing your /etc directory ('man mount'
> for help on the mount command}. If using a boot disk, you need a mount
> point for the filesystem. Usually this is /mnt. The command 'fdisk
> /dev/hda' will allow you to read the partition table and find out how the
> disk is partitioned. A second drive would be /dev/hdb etc. In the simple
> case '/bin/mount /dev/hda1 /mnt' will get you going assuming that all of
> Linux is on the first partition of the first hard disk drive.in this case
> the path to the /etc directory will be /mnt/etc and the boot disk /etc
> directory will be /etc (!).
> Once you have the filesystem containing the /etc directory mounted,
> you can edit the /etc/inittab file which controls the boot process. You
> need to change the default runlevel to give you a console login rather
> than a graphic shell login. look for a line like
> id:4:initdefault:
> On Debian this line causes a boot into run level four, or console mode.
> Check the comments in your file to see what change you need to make to get
> a console mode boot. Edit and save the file. If using the tomsrbt disk,
> use the pico editor. Reboot. You are hopefully now in console mode and
> looking at a login prompt. Login as root and do the deluser/adduser thing.
> Once console mode is working, try the command 'telinit x' (where x is the
> original default runlevel) to start X-windows.

Oh yeah. Im using a lilo screen.

"nick" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:46:48 +1300, Roger_Nickel wrote:
>
> > nick wrote:
> >> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped
through
> >> the initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the
> >> system at boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was
> >> warned that data might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details
> >> after the repair and now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a
> >> local host screen and I think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure
> >> how thats done. Anyone help me here please.
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >>
> > can you get a login prompt?. If you can still log in as root you will be
> > able to run the deluser command from the console. Use the Midnight
> > Commander (mc at the command prompt) to find it, it is at
> > /usr/sbin/deluser on Debian. Then you can use the adduser command to
> > recreate the account. If you are using an X-window log in it could be
> > crashing during the X-window boot which will give you the console but
with
> > the keyboard locked out. This is harder.
> > If you are booting with LILO,you can try "single" at the LILO prompt
> > to start a single user console but it won't work if the command line is
> > locked in the LILO configuration file. If necessary, use a Linux boot
disk
> > to get a command line, tomsrbt is recommended and a web search will find
> > it.
> > Mount the disk partition containing your /etc directory ('man mount'
> > for help on the mount command}. If using a boot disk, you need a mount
> > point for the filesystem. Usually this is /mnt. The command 'fdisk
> > /dev/hda' will allow you to read the partition table and find out how
the
> > disk is partitioned. A second drive would be /dev/hdb etc. In the simple
> > case '/bin/mount /dev/hda1 /mnt' will get you going assuming that all of
> > Linux is on the first partition of the first hard disk drive.in this
case
> > the path to the /etc directory will be /mnt/etc and the boot disk /etc
> > directory will be /etc (!).
> > Once you have the filesystem containing the /etc directory mounted,
> > you can edit the /etc/inittab file which controls the boot process. You
> > need to change the default runlevel to give you a console login rather
> > than a graphic shell login. look for a line like
> > id:4:initdefault:
> > On Debian this line causes a boot into run level four, or console mode.
> > Check the comments in your file to see what change you need to make to
get
> > a console mode boot. Edit and save the file. If using the tomsrbt disk,
> > use the pico editor. Reboot. You are hopefully now in console mode and
> > looking at a login prompt. Login as root and do the deluser/adduser
thing.
> > Once console mode is working, try the command 'telinit x' (where x is
the
> > original default runlevel) to start X-windows.
>
> right. managed to get in. On boot up, i get to a screen with options.
> titled local host. A grey box with icon folder buttons on the left hand
> side. I click on the user thats set up for me after scrolling down to it.
> I have the option in a drop down box to get to, something simalar to a dos
> prompt where I I found that by typing my user name at the promt I can get
> into my user.
>
> found that by typing ked at the user local host promt I get into the kde
> interface. I have tried by going into configure your computer and clicked
> on defaults to user but on reboot I have to get to the dos promt thing
> again and type in kde.
>
> Question, how do I get kde to fire up to the user interface where I jsut
> type in my user name and pw ?. withpout having to go through to the promt
> and tell it to go to kde.
>

If this is Linux, **** that ))

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:54:00 +1300, dmbkiwi wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:00:26 -0800, nick wrote:
>
>> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through
>> the initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the
>> system at boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was
>> warned that data might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details
>> after the repair and now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a
>> local host screen and I think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure
>> how thats done. Anyone help me here please.
>>
>> thanks
>
> Have you got a graphical login? ie, is the screen black with a command
> prompt? If so, then login using your username and password.
>
> Then type:
>
> startx
>
> Tell us what you get.
>
> Matt

startx takes me straight to my user desktop. Now, question ios, how do i
get it to defualt to the user desktop on boot rather than going through
the business of typing that in. After finding my was to the promt

nick wrote:
right. managed to get in. On boot up, i get to a screen with options.
> titled local host. A grey box with icon folder buttons on the left hand
> side. I click on the user thats set up for me after scrolling down to it.
> I have the option in a drop down box to get to, something simalar to a dos
> prompt where I I found that by typing my user name at the promt I can get
> into my user.
>
> found that by typing ked at the user local host promt I get into the kde
> interface. I have tried by going into configure your computer and clicked
> on defaults to user but on reboot I have to get to the dos promt thing
> again and type in kde.
>
> Question, how do I get kde to fire up to the user interface where I jsut
> type in my user name and pw ?. withpout having to go through to the promt
> and tell it to go to kde.
>
Sounds as if you have reached the X-window login manager. Assuming that
it is the KDE login manager, you can configure it from the KDE desktop.
Do 'KDE Control Centre/System/Login Manager' and fill in the entry for
your user name with the options you want

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 21:14:30 +1300, nick wrote:

> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:46:48 +1300, Roger_Nickel wrote:
>
>> nick wrote:
>>> Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped
>>> through the initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now
>>> the system at boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I
>>> was warned that data might be lost. As I say, its lost the login
>>> details after the repair and now I cant get to the thing. It's
>>> bringing up a local host screen and I think I need to recreate the
>>> user. Im not sure how thats done. Anyone help me here please.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>> can you get a login prompt?. If you can still log in as root you will be
>> able to run the deluser command from the console. Use the Midnight
>> Commander (mc at the command prompt) to find it, it is at
>> /usr/sbin/deluser on Debian. Then you can use the adduser command to
>> recreate the account. If you are using an X-window log in it could be
>> crashing during the X-window boot which will give you the console but
>> with the keyboard locked out. This is harder.
>> If you are booting with LILO,you can try "single" at the LILO prompt
>> to start a single user console but it won't work if the command line is
>> locked in the LILO configuration file. If necessary, use a Linux boot
>> disk to get a command line, tomsrbt is recommended and a web search will
>> find it.
>> Mount the disk partition containing your /etc directory ('man mount'
>> for help on the mount command}. If using a boot disk, you need a mount
>> point for the filesystem. Usually this is /mnt. The command 'fdisk
>> /dev/hda' will allow you to read the partition table and find out how
>> the disk is partitioned. A second drive would be /dev/hdb etc. In the
>> simple case '/bin/mount /dev/hda1 /mnt' will get you going assuming that
>> all of Linux is on the first partition of the first hard disk drive.in
>> this case the path to the /etc directory will be /mnt/etc and the boot
>> disk /etc directory will be /etc (!).
>> Once you have the filesystem containing the /etc directory mounted,
>> you can edit the /etc/inittab file which controls the boot process. You
>> need to change the default runlevel to give you a console login rather
>> than a graphic shell login. look for a line like
>> id:4:initdefault:
>> On Debian this line causes a boot into run level four, or console mode.
>> Check the comments in your file to see what change you need to make to
>> get a console mode boot. Edit and save the file. If using the tomsrbt
>> disk, use the pico editor. Reboot. You are hopefully now in console mode
>> and looking at a login prompt. Login as root and do the deluser/adduser
>> thing. Once console mode is working, try the command 'telinit x' (where
>> x is the original default runlevel) to start X-windows.
>
> Oh yeah. Im using a lilo screen.

its not finding the gui it would appear. been into drakeboot but even
with auto login specified and gui ticked, it wont auto login.

Lebowski wrote:

> If this is Linux, **** that ))

Its one users installation of mandrake.
Happy trolling !

Anyone know why I would lose my login on madrake. I was stepped through the
initial set up with help on the phone a week ago. But now the system at
boot up just now had to fix itself i guess. Anyway, I was warned that data
might be lost. As I say, its lost the login details after the repair and
now I cant get to the thing. It's bringing up a local host screen and I
think I need to recreate the user. Im not sure how thats done. Anyone help
me here please.

thanks