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| Thread ID: 65709 | 2006-01-28 00:10:00 | Linux - re-inabling root login | personthingy (1670) | Press F1 |
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| 424738 | 2006-01-28 00:10:00 | I'm about to do a whole heap of stuff to flaptop, and it would be far easier for me if i could log in as root, but since i did an full system upgrade not that long ago, i am no longer allowed to log in as root . All this logging in as a user and providing root password as i tweak is getting just a tad tedious. What might i tweak to re-allow root logins again? I'm running mepis Linux, allthough as it upgrades using debian sources, it's probably closer to a debian system now. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 424739 | 2006-01-28 00:47:00 | Log in normally, then Ctrl/Alt/F2 should open a black screen. Log in as root, then do startx if you want X-Window and a GUI. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 424740 | 2006-01-28 02:01:00 | I logged in as "personthingy", hit Ctrl-Alt-F2, logged in as root, typed startx, and got a bit of a long winded error message... the relevant part is probably: "Fatal Server error, server is allready active for display 0" :( |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 424741 | 2006-01-28 02:12:00 | Ummm . Let's get mean and evil . Ctrl/Alt/Backspace will kill X-Window . From the black screen that will give you, Alt/F2 should give you another one which will let you login as root . Then "startx" . (You might be able to log out of the first black screen (Ctrl/D) and login to that one as root but it doesn't hurt to leave it running . ) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 424742 | 2006-01-28 02:25:00 | Ummm . Let's get mean and evil . Ctrl/Alt/Backspace will kill X-Window . From the black screen that will give you, Alt/F2 should give you another one which will let you login as root . Then "startx" . (You might be able to log out of the first black screen (Ctrl/D) and login to that one as root but it doesn't hurt to leave it running . )ahhhh . . . . i'll try that in a moment or 3 . I got where i needed to by using the "text login" option (Ctrl+N) found in the graphical login screen . From text login i could login as root and type "startx" to get root running with a GUI . I'd still be keen to reconfigure things so that i could log in as root in the same way i log in as a user directly from the graphic log in screen . |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 424743 | 2006-01-28 02:48:00 | Ummm . Let's get mean and evil . Ctrl/Alt/Backspace will kill X-Window . From the black screen that will give you, Alt/F2 should give you another one which will let you login as root . Then "startx" . (You might be able to log out of the first black screen (Ctrl/D) and login to that one as root but it doesn't hurt to leave it running . )Works nicely thankyou :D |
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