From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-24-221-98-238.az.sprintbbd.net ([24.221.98.238] helo=lnx1.holmesgrown.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19zEVr-0008Of-00 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 08:00:55 -0400 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=mail) by lnx1.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19zEU1-0007S6-1p for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:59:01 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.20) id 19zEU0-0000I7-OJ for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:59:00 -0700 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 04:59:00 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Extremely puzzled Message-ID: <20030916115858.GD837@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20030916101248.MQGH19143.mta11.adelphia.net@beavis> <000f01c37c40$7afc1d80$0100007f@carolina.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000f01c37c40$7afc1d80$0100007f@carolina.rr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, befor reinstalling, might wanna get out your install disks and boot up like you're gonna reinstall and then mount the root partition. In fact, if there are no other user accounts defined on your system yet, just replace the /etc/password and shadow files with ones from the RAM disk environment you would be presently in and you could then login with no password and reset it. Yes, I have installed slackware numerous times and I never choose a keyboard. I never saw a rc.keyboard file but that sounds like a good trick to recover. I guess that only gets created if one chooses a non-standard keyboard. Now I understand there's a bigger challenge for non-US keyboard users who want speakup keys because speakup keyboards weren't built for non-US configurations that I know of. On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 06:51:27AM -0400, Chris wrote: > O shit! > > The thing won't even let me log in as root! > > > Now, I know! i put in the right password I assigned. i think later today, > i'll just reinstall altogether. > > > Chris. -- Make sure your E-mail can be read by everyone! http://www.betips.net/etc/evilmail.html