Hi everyone
I have been tinkering with linux for a couple of months - basically knoppix and now morphix.. i prefer morphix on the face of it mainly 'cos of gnome. Initially i had problems installing morphix on a sata set up - hangs at cd boot unless i set sata to compatible in the bios. Thinking a recompile with a later kernel version may sort that issue out and i successfully got knoppix running with a 2.6.3 kernel upgrade so i do have a little exp with make xconfig.. (yeah i know morphix doesnt come with make or a c compiler and lots of other stuff - i have d/l'd those essentials onto a fat shared partition)
I do have questions regarding that but they'll wait for another post

Now after having morphix installed successfully and a couple of reinstalls later due to finding my way around the o/s - hehe i now am having dramas with passwords.. Install seems to go fine on multiple partitions (i.e. /boot /root /home /usr and /var) then when i reboot - at the gnome log in screen i enter the user name and password that install asked me for and bam - it gives login error - incorrect password! (same for root as well) Any ideas?
Yeah i have checked caps lock and i have reinstalled and tried again several times with different (read-simpler) passwords..

i have googled myself stupid without finding a solution..
will post what logs/text i can extract if it helps

thanks in advance peeps

(edit)


found a post at morphix.org regarding this.. though i cant log in to that forum...

reinstalled morphix as per instructions using /morphix/gtkinstaller/morphixinstaller -d

which gives the following:

sh-2.05b$ su
Password:
bash-2.05b# /morphix/gtkinstaller/morphixinstaller -d
Exec: uname -r

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
hdd found: hda with 78167 MB, Maxtor 6Y080M0
comp_list: hda
hdd found: hdb with 76319 MB, ST380013AS
comp_list: hdb
selected hda with 78167 MB, Maxtor 6Y080M0
Exec: xterm -fn 10x20 -e cfdisk /dev/hda
Warning: Tried to connect to session manager, Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
Partition /dev/hda1 size: 20482843+
Partition /dev/hda2 size: 50781465
Partition /dev/hda3 size: 96390
Partition /dev/hda4 size: 8675100
Partition /dev/hda5 size: 979933+
Partition /dev/hda6 size: 192748+
Partition /dev/hda7 size: 1951866
Partition /dev/hda8 size: 5060443+
Partition /dev/hda9 size: 489951
swap found: /dev/hda9
selected /dev/hda9 - size: 478 MB

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5265 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `width >= -1' failed
Exec: mkswap /dev/hda9
Exec: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda5
mke2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)
Exec: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda8
mke2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)
Exec: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda3
mke2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)
Exec: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda7
mke2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)
Exec: mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda6
mke2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)
Root partition generated
total size cdrom: 479 MB
Exec: mkdir -p /mnt/target
Exec: mount -t ext3 /dev/hda5 /mnt/target
Exec: mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/target/home
Exec: mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/target/boot
Exec: mount /dev/hda7 /mnt/target/usr
Exec: mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/target/var
Exec: cp -a /bin /etc /home /lib /morphix /sbin /usr /var /mnt/target
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/X11/xinit' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/X11/xinit'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/apt/apt.conf.d' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/apt/apt.conf.d'
cp: cannot stat `/etc/modules.conf': No such file or directory
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/pcmcia/cis' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/pcmcia/cis'
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~681': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~679': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~677': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~675': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~673': No such file or directory
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/cups' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/cups'
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/mtab~504': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/gshadow.lock': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/gshadow.434': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/group.lock': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/group.434': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/shadow.434': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/passwd.434': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/shadow.lock': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/shadow.433': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/passwd.lock': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/passwd.433': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/etc/modules.conf': No such file or directory
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/pcmcia' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/pcmcia'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/ssh' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/ssh'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/apt' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/apt'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/network' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/network'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/etc/X11' to directory `/mnt/target/etc/X11'
total size: 0.040262 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 54
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib/modules'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6/lib'
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/lib/mime/packages' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/lib/mime/packages'
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/lib/mime' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/lib/mime'
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/man/man5' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/man/man5'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/man/man1' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/man/man1'
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/pixmaps' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/pixmaps'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/mime-info' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/mime-info'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/man' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/man'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/doc-base' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/doc-base'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/doc' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/doc'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share/applnk' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share/applnk'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/share' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/share'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/X11R6'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/lib' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/lib'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/bin' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/bin'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/usr/sbin' to directory `/mnt/target/usr/sbin'
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
total size: 0.075306 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 101
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine/drivec/windows' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine/drivec/windows'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine/drivec' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine/drivec'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib/wine'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib/misc' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib/misc'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib/dpkg' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib/dpkg'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/log/cups' to directory `/mnt/target/var/log/cups'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/log/ksymoops' to directory `/mnt/target/var/log/ksymoops'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/spool/cups/certs' to directory `/mnt/target/var/spool/cups/certs'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/spool/cups' to directory `/mnt/target/var/spool/cups'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/morphix' to directory `/mnt/target/morphix'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/var' to directory `/mnt/target/var'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/etc' to directory `/mnt/target/etc'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/usr' to directory `/mnt/target/usr'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/sbin' to directory `/mnt/target/sbin'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/lib' to directory `/mnt/target/lib'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/tmp/trans/bin' to directory `/mnt/target/bin'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/spool' to directory `/mnt/target/var/spool'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/log' to directory `/mnt/target/var/log'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/run' to directory `/mnt/target/var/run'
cp: will not create hard link `/mnt/target/var/lib' to directory `/mnt/target/var/lib'
Exec: cp -a /MorphixCD/dev /mnt/target/
Exec: cp -a /MorphixCD/boot /mnt/target/
total size: 0.076051 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 102
Exec: rm /mnt/target/etc/hosts
Exec: ln -s /dev/scd0 /mnt/target/dev/cdrom
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/cdrom
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/cdrom1
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/floppy
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/mnt
Exec: cp -a /mnt/mini /mnt/target/mnt
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/proc
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/root
input
parport_pc
lp
parport
pcmcia_core
nvidia
af_packet
nls_cp437
efs
hfs
minix
nls_iso8859-1
snd-intel8x0
snd-pcm
snd-timer
snd-ac97-codec
snd-page-alloc
snd-mpu401-uart
snd-rawmidi
snd-seq-device
snd
soundcore
tulip
usb-uhci
usbcore
apm
rtc
unix
/dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda9 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda3 /boot ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda7 /usr ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/hda6 /var ext3 defaults 0 1
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noexec,noauto 0 0
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda1
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda2
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda3
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda5
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda6
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda7
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hda8
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hdb2
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hdb3
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target//mnt/hdb5
Exec: cp -af /morphix/init.sh /mnt/target/etc/init.d/xsession
Exec: ln -s /etc/init.d/xsession /mnt/target/etc/rc2.d/S99xsession
Exec: chmod a+rx /mnt/target/etc/init.d/xsession
Exec: umount /mnt/target/usr
Exec: umount /mnt/target/var

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
total size: 0.102893 with cdrom_size: 479 and rootpartsize: 138

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c "echo \"root:@$%$#$%#@@#%**$\" | chpasswd"
sh: line 1: chpasswd: command not found

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'mv /home/morph /home/ade'
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'deluser morph'
sh: line 1: deluser: command not found
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'groupadd ade'
sh: line 1: groupadd: command not found
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'useradd -s /bin/bash -d /home/ade -c "Morphix User" -g ade -G audio,video,users -p 'or/oJwsfg2XNo' ade'
sh: line 1: useradd: command not found
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'echo ade ALL:=NOPASSWD:ALL
>> /etc/sudoers'
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh -c 'chown -R ade.ade /home/ade'
chown: `ade.ade': invalid user
Exec: mount -t vfat -o loop,ro /cdrom/base/boot.img /mnt/l1
Command executed: sh -c "gzip -cd /mnt/l1/miniroot.gz > /mnt/target/miniroot"
Exec: sh -c "gzip -cd /mnt/l1/miniroot.gz > /mnt/target/miniroot"
Exec: umount /mnt/l1
Exec: mount -t ext2 -o loop,ro /mnt/target/miniroot /mnt/l1
Exec: mount -t ext2 -o loop,ro /mnt/target/miniroot /mnt/l1
Exec: umount /mnt/l1

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed

(morphixinstaller:656): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 5266 (gtk_widget_set_size_request): assertion `height >= -1' failed
Exec: /morphix/gtkinstaller/genliloconf-orig /dev/hda /dev/hda5 "hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi noapic acpi=off apm=power-off" /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-xfs

part: /dev/hda1, typ: 7
part: /dev/hda2, typ: 7
part: /dev/hdb2, typ: 11
part: /dev/hdb3, typ: 7
part: /dev/hdb5, typ: 188
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
# and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.

# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# | !! Reminder !! |
# | |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. |
# | |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+

# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32

# Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
# harddisk order. Use with caution.
#disk=/dev/hde
# bios=0x81

#disk=/dev/sda
# bios=0x80

# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda5

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact

# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
# Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
install=/boot/boot-menu.b

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
prompt
timeout=150
# prompt
# single-key
# delay=100
# timeout=100

# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""
append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi noapic acpi=off apm=power-off"

# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-xfs
label=Linux

read-only
# restricted
# alias=1

image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
read-only
optional
# restricted
# alias=2

# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# restricted
# alias=3
other=/dev/hda1
label="WinNT(hda1)"

other=/dev/hda2
label="WinNT(hda2)"

other=/dev/hdb2
label="Windows(hdb2)"

other=/dev/hdb3
label="WinNT(hdb3)"

other=/dev/hdb5
label="Other(hdb5)"


Exec: cp /morphix/gtkinstaller/boot-menu.b /mnt/target/boot/boot-menu.b
Exec: lilo -r /mnt/target
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not exist, disk scan bypassed
Exec: mkdir /mnt/target/tmp
Exec: chmod 1777 /mnt/target/tmp
Executing postinstall script
Exec: chroot /mnt/target sh /morphix/gtkinstaller/postinst.sh
Unmounting /mnt/target
Exec: umount /mnt/target
umount: /mnt/target: device is busy





and yes the reinstall gave the password problem again

any ideas??

Hi sorry to resurrect an old thread but I'm having exactly this problem too and haven't been able to google up a solution.

Can anyone help?

Thanks