If i had to guess, i would say, it sounds like something(some files) got corrupted due to the power outage. Don't know how you would go about fixing that. Maybe reinstall linux linux-utils systemd systemd-tools. On 15 August 2012 21:36, David Benfell <benfell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/15/2012 11:31 AM, David Benfell wrote: > > On 08/15/2012 10:55 AM, Jameson wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 4:03 AM, David Benfell > >> <benfell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Also when I log in, the password is visible. > > > >> The first place I would check for this would be your console > >> font/keymap config in /etc/vconsole.conf: > >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Console_and_keymap > > > >> =-Jameson > > > > I saw this: > > > > graton% sudo cat /etc/vconsole.conf KEYMAP=us FONT=lat9w-16 > > FONT_MAP=8859-1_to_uni graton% > > > > No change. > > > > Thanks! > > > Oh, and by the way (as in perhaps this is more relevant than I > realize), the system still comes up under traditional init, so I'm > using that for the moment, though I had to switch to Cinnamon for the > graphical environment (neither XFCE nor Gnome would start; I didn't > try Cinnamon 2 or whatever the other Cinnamon is). > > - -- > David Benfell > benfell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQK+xHAAoJELT202JKF+xpgg0P/3HWYLeZRj+7eldaZ7hFmRHr > bTBYBND9w775x8L05trsd3pwQ78tg+MPeQ0sa/NYvkVcIBNlzcR8hqqwjm3hYsuy > VmNst7+0BEqjXrO+7GI06njAsc4e2VkyfdroDJUUCcPgOhubJpbqPWbULwD2UX4K > /M1SO0JI5iZ+UXUdliKrFGIwOnfsbEXOwyJBUjfGeZ/Ld8WTVeQaURMJY3GAhAqO > OQ7H8JHIRNilZoIl7PISG38qRmjyjf2XAz1557iEEde7mwq04EgPF9lwMbEnueb+ > qrKpReNTljsNSpjhypLWYRe3MEALj/flItoo+fClTH8QJKRmaYyAYejwtZfCikOy > MYFjPEgRB/YxszaHHsAgGcP3B6vd7rBULBUUkvQym2R2yCZNr6BZgpW5/QYWH2kU > tSXjFlFowGs/YYEJD5ORDRRbp9MVXboIudkV2CGY5mTvLUC8VvbKYo6oQUq6t0yt > SbAqNJuYKu1Cwgp0s3MAoyTm5MWPxI5bmaJiru90SjSabFIESKzSRS+O7yIDDSvO > hlU53Wd4pC5Df66PFbEnudWbz16CaIH9GbCi93COyyDUfVIzqLwEsv3hK1OYn4Qs > faLhF77RZZYJP4vBAP228P18b6JstwoZJBA+S3YhzvvcwKkm/0QERa7qoUGRDYza > 5jUumtOyQAvBD47XXNHo > =VrXx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >