Problems

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:12 am

ksteezy: please provide some more information. What do you mean by: "can't access my computer at all"? Blank screen, no cursor, nothing?

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:58 pm

If you hit escape at the grub prompt (the short count down at the start of the boot) you should get a menu that will let you boot back into Windows.

As for your Linux problem, why can't you get into Linux, specifically?

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:14 am

Yes I was just trying to imagine what "can't get into it", looked like?

Lolo Uila: how's the weather there right now?

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:36 am

ksteezy,

Linux log-ins are case sensitive. Make sure you are using the proper case when logging in. Usernames are all lower-case, and passwords can be anything.

newW2,

The weather has been very sunny and hot lately. I rained today, though, which was kind of nice. Rainy season doesn't really start for another month or 2 (late october).

Aloha, Tim

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:50 pm

Take a look at NiksaVel's post here. I think you may be onto something with the login info being different than what you thought it should be ... one key away or case difference.
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... ecd&t=1555

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:20 pm

So you are at the login splash that is asking for your login information and you press Ctrl+Alt+F1 at the same time and you don't see a text based screen with the last two line of a text indicating a username (I'll assume it is ksteezy for you) - looks like this:

Linux Mint Cassandra ksteezy-desktop tty

ksteezy-desktop login:

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:30 pm

so in tty you can type in your user name and then enter and you get the prompt for password, but you can't type anything in for password (all you will see are asterisks)? Or you can enter the password and then enter but .... ? then what?

Sorensei · Post by **Sorensei** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:07 am

Hi, have you tried typing the password anyway and hitting enter? I think that the asterisks not showing is normal - I don't remember them showing when I login...

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:13 am

newW2 wrote:(all you will see are asterisks)?

Nope, he won't.

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:15 am

ksteezy wrote:then the password thing will show up, and its just blank and nothing I type shows up.

Of course not. Passwords are never echoed back. Never. Ever. Just type your password and hit the Enter key.

Sorensei · Post by **Sorensei** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:15 am

Ha ha! I'm not a total amnesiac then.

scorp123 · Post by **scorp123** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:19 am

Sorensei wrote: I'm not a total amnesiac then.

Nope, absolutely not. Your previous statement that it is normal for the console password dialogue to remain completely black when something is typed is absolutely correct.

newW2 · Post by **newW2** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:15 am

Thanks for the correction Scorp and Sorensei. I don't know where I got the asterisks

I must have been thinking of something else.

Ksteezy: I looked back at what the initial post was, and I have to wonder. What is happening at the normal mint login when you boot? You type in the user name and hit enter .... and then .... ?

Lolo Uila · Post by **Lolo Uila** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:02 pm

When using a text log-in you will not see anything when you type the password. That's normal. Just type the password and hit enter. It will look like you are not typing anything, but will work.

It's only from the GUI log-in you see the place filler characters.

sonicbhoc · Post by **sonicbhoc** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:31 pm

Hey, here comes a Linux nerd to the rescue. I'll provide you with a sure-fire step-by-step way of getting your brick operational again.

But, it involves the command line.

Grab your Mint Linux CD and put it in your drive. Boot from it. Log into it.

Now, do you know where you installed Mint? In Konqueror, under Storage Media, you should be able to find it. double-click the drive you installed Mint onto.

Now, press F4.

In the Konsole window that opens up, copy and paste this into it, line by line (in Konsole, Shift+Insert is paste):

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sudo su

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mount -t proc none ./proc

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mount -o bind /dev ./dev

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chroot ./ /bin/bash

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source /etc/profile

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passwd root

Type a root password. You will not see anything on the screen as you type. This is normal, for security reasons.

Now, after that, keep typing exit until the Konsole window closes, and reboot into your installed Mint Linux. DON'T boot off of the CD.

Login as root, and immediately create a new user and log out as fast as possible. You don't want to use root for very long...

After you make your new user, open a Konsole window and type

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sudo passwd -l root

to re-scramble the root password.[/code]