vicky....it's probably an illusion since you're more than
likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each
keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos
nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your
keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and hit enter
ignoring the motionless cursor.
Alan
vicky catrambone wrote:
>
> I have been reading these posts with interest. I installed mandrake 7.0
> yesterday. I have 2 hdd's , linux is on the first one and I installed
> windows on the 2nd one. The dual boot is working fine, But !!! when it
> boots into linux I cant log in. I can type in root or my username and
> tab or use the mouse to get to the password box but it absolutely wont
> accept any keyboard input. Its booting into k desktop environment. Is
> there a way to boot into console and how would I go about fixing this
> without having to re install again ?Somehow I feel I have the monitor
> settings wrong and this is why its freezing. thx in advance Vicky
