On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > find the password hash in '/etc/shadow' and delete it
> My user name is shown, followed by a lot of random looking symbols, but
> having played about with that, I am still i
I've got Ubuntu 5.04 running on my Dell Inspiron 2200. It all seems ok,
even got the wireless working. The only problem I have is the, 'tap'
function of the touch pad is a bit rubbish, you have to virtually punch
it to register a click.
Anyone know how to improve this?
Baza
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Keith Bowerman wrote:
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
find the password hash in '/etc/shadow' and delete it
Thanks Paul and Ralph,
Most of what you advise is somewhat over my head. However, I can access
Ubuntu from Xandros but, although I can open
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> find the password hash in '/etc/shadow' and delete it
Thanks Paul and Ralph,
Most of what you advise is somewhat over my head. However, I can access
Ubuntu from Xandros but, although I can open /etc/shadow, I couldn't fi
On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Select '(recovery mode)' during boot and type...
> Unfortunately I have several versions of Linux on my machine and log in
> using Xandros' menu, so I don't have access to the
Hi Keith,
> Unfortunately I have several versions of Linux on my machine and log
> in using Xandros' menu, so I don't have access to the Ubuntu boot
> menu.
>
> Am I snookered?
The `recovery' grub menu item is mainly adding `single' to the kernel's
arguments.
$ awk -v RS= -v 'ORS=\n\n' '/
