Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
I realize my interaction with the list is problematic. I am new to this, I don’t subscribe to the list itself, and I am interacting via the web page lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/08/threads.html On that page there are only three choices I can see for replying, none of which have the

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
It’s no secret. In the original post I said I did a default install except for the inclusion of GNOME. That implies the DM is gdm and the GUI is Gnome 3. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-09 Thread Cobra
The whole problem is that I have not received ANY mail in response to my original post. Because my original post included my return email address I expected the responses would be mailed to me. When none arrived by the end of the day I checked the web page:

Re: Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
First the typo: The “guy should have been “gui (thanks to autocorrect). Second memory: That’s why I reset the password from the recovery mode command prompt. Third the management account: The install says that leaving the root password blank will result in the root account being disabled

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
Opps! Wrong reply - see “RE: RE: …” below. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/9d805012-0cd8-403a-beb1-15aece617...@xmission.com

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
When the failure occurs, there is no error indication; the login screen is just reset. I thought the problem might be the password, that’s why I reset it via the command prompt in recovery mode. I did not change the keyboard information offered as default during the installation (i.e.,

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
I am able to login via a TTY and start X (via startx command). I have checked the keymap in Gnome and it is as expected—English (US). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

Re: Login failure after new install

2015-08-08 Thread Cobra
I am not trying to log into the gui with sudo, but rather to log into an account which is able to perform a sudo once logged in. I have also created another standard user account and am unable to log into that account from the gui (it behaves just like it does when trying to log into the system

Login failure after new install

2015-08-07 Thread Cobra
I have completed a network installation of 8.1.0. I left the root password blank (i.e., disabled root login), supplied a username and password for a system management account, and selected GNOME as the only additional software to install. After the installed completed and the system rebooted I

Debian Installation Impossible on SATA HDD

2008-10-07 Thread cobra
Hi all, i'm new here and english is not my native language. I hope to find some help about an unsolved issue concerning the impossible installation of Debian on SATA hard disk. I'm trying to install linux Debian 4,0 (Etch Stable distrib) on my new hard disk SATA and more precisely on a partition

amd athlon 64

2005-10-23 Thread cobra
Moze noobowskie pytanie ale zmienilem konfiguracje swojego komputera i nie jestem pewien czy moge postepowac analogicznie jak w przypadku windowsów ;) moje pytanie brzmi czy musze instalować teraz tylko i wyłacznie wersje oparte na amd64 czy moge i386 mając w blaszaku athlona 64-o bitowego ?

ati radeon x800, athlon64 i problem z xem

2005-09-03 Thread cobra
Witam, Jestem nowym userem Debiana. Mam problem z sterownikami do karty graficznej przez co X nie chce sie odpalić (na sterownikach domyślnych ati wyświetla błąd screen'a). Jak mając do dyspozycji jedynie tryb tekstowy zainstalować sterowniki do mojego radeona (a może to wina athlona)? Mam