I've tried logging in as root. It seems that whatever my husband did locked me out of root, too. It's not recognizing my root password. I talked to an Ubuntu tech guy I know, and he said that at this point there is nothing left to do but reinstall Ubuntu. I used my live CD to get in and get all my data saved to chips. Since I have to start fresh anyway I'm going to partition the drive three ways-- two different Linux distros and the third, just for data. I'll use Ubuntu 11 on one partition, and either OpenSuse, Debian or Fedora on the second.
Any suggestions? I want something that will force me to learn my way around the command prompt without being super frustrating. Basically, something a step or two up in difficulty from Ubuntu but still usable to a newbie willing to fight with it. Yvette On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Martin Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Please don't take me for a Ubuntu expert, because I rarely use that OS, but > is the 'loading screen' you refer to the Ubuntu loading screen or that of a > bootloader (grub, maybe)? The first possibility I can see would require you > to use the live CD to re-install the startup files, and you would want > someone more familiar with the Ubuntu OS - 'cuz I'm Debian. The second > possibility would require that you re-install the bootloader (can be tricky, > but I could help you more on that one). Can you get far enough to try > logging in as root and check your user settings that way? > > --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Yvette Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Yvette Davis <[email protected]> > « Plain Text Check Spelling[image: Change language] Resume Editing > > > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 12:00 AM > > > > > My husband tried to instal MySQL while I was gone. He says the instructions > > said to use the terminal to run chown-rmysql. > > When I got home my laptop was off,so I rebooted. Now I can't log in. When I > > try to log in it flashes the loading screen with an error message. It > > flashes too quickly to read. > > I have an Ubuntu cd and used that to check my hard disk. All my files seem > > to be intact. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell Inspiring laptop. > > Can anyone tell me how to fix this? > > Thank you > > Yvette > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Yvette Davis Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist, Writer www.msquill.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
