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> boun...@linuxfromscratch.org] On Behalf Of Ken Moffat
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> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] Xorg-7.7 Does not Detect Input Devices on 64-
On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 19:53 +, Richard Melville wrote:
> I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT
> and ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour.
> If I use a UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it
> doesn't seem to like either m
On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Dan McGhee wrote:
> I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su,
> may
> have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is:
>
> Crypt: Invalid argument
It's always helpful to run strace to get a better idea of what is
going on.
On 12/02/2013 05:20 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Dan McGhee wrote:
>
>> I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su, may
>> have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is:
>>
>> Crypt: Invalid argument
> This is what I get:
>
> $ su
> Password: badpw
> su: Authent
Dan McGhee wrote:
> I reset root's password and then realized I, when I tried to run su, may
> have been misleading in this post. The actual return I get is:
>
> Crypt: Invalid argument
This is what I get:
$ su
Password: badpw
su: Authentication failure
So I suspect some other issue. What do y
On 12/02/2013 12:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Dan McGhee wrote:
>> Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.'
>> The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and
>> installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root
>> so that I
Dan McGhee wrote:
> Reset my password or root's. This happens when, as me, I run "su" then
> root's password.
>
> I don't want to change either of the passwords, so I'm thinking
>
> $ passwd -d dan
> $ passwd dan
su asks for the pw of the new user, usually root.
sudo asks for the user's pw unless
On 12/02/2013 12:46 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Dan McGhee wrote:
>> Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.'
>> The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and
>> installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root
>> so that I
On 12/02/2013 02:12 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 12:46:56PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>>> When I try, I get "Crypt error."
>> I go that yesterday when I locked an account, but it went away when I
>> unlocked it. I think it just means bad password, but there is an issue
>> there
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 12:46:56PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>
> > When I try, I get "Crypt error."
>
> I go that yesterday when I locked an account, but it went away when I
> unlocked it. I think it just means bad password, but there is an issue
> there that it gives the wrong message.
I su
Richard Melville wrote:
> I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT and
> ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour. If I use a
> UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it doesn't seem to like
> either menu.c32 or vesamenu.c32; the boot c
I'm attempting to boot with syslinux from a USB flash drive with GPT and
ext2. I'm able to boot OK but I'm seeing some weird behaviour. If I use a
UUID instead of /dev/sdb2 I get a kernel panic and it doesn't seem to like
either menu.c32 or vesamenu.c32; the boot cycle goes round in circles.
Any
Dan McGhee wrote:
> Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.'
> The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and
> installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root
> so that I can use my install system. Before I got X workin
Since I installed 'sudo,' I cannot, when logged in as myself, run 'su.'
The vast majority of the time, I don't need it, but when building and
installing using package users, I would like to be able to 'su' to root
so that I can use my install system. Before I got X working it wasn't a
problem
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