2014-03-25 0:15 GMT+01:00 Guus Snijders <gsnijders@xxxxxxxxx>: > 2014-03-24 22:08 GMT+01:00 message <letter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> Message: 5 > >> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 > >> From: Mark Lee <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management > >> > >> On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote: > >>> > >>> Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> het > >>> volgende: > >>>> > >>>> > >>> [ gdm ] > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> After power-on, the computer > >>>> starts with a sign-in prompt. > >>>> Normal user does not work. > >>>> Signed in as root [...] > >>> > >>> > >>> Ok, now we're getting somewhere. > >>> When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message? > >>> > > > > error: 'login incorrect'. > > > > As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less > > /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user. > > > Ok. Could you try resetting the password for user a? > You could do this (as root) with: > passwd a > > And then try again to login to a tty. > > Just to be sure: you do realise that the password shown in /etc/shadow > is the encrypted password and not the literal string to type in? > (no offence). > > mvg, > Guus > since your home folder is from another installation, be sure to chown the directory. If the user ids differ, you won't be able to access it
