>I finally figured out my problem. The laptop I'm using had a weird numlock. I have to use SHIFT-F1 to turn off the numlock. Now, i can log in as root. > >My problem now is how to change the boot or startup file to turn the Numlock to OFF. Can someone please tell me what file to edit or where to turn NumLock off? > >Thank you, >Marivi Magat Not an in depth Linux person here, but it seems to me that many Bios's use to offer this as a setting in your BIOS CMOS setup. Perhaps this is an option for you? Brian