Super user mode does not respond in SUSE 9.1

ronronson · 06-15-2004, 02:08 PM

Need help, when I try to type my password in super user mode consoll there is no respond. Nothing happened, I can not type in any word at all. My system is Suse 9.1 It looks like there is no connection to root. I have not this problem when I am logged in as root.

tjmalone · 06-15-2004, 03:42 PM

is it when you click on yast, and a box, pops up here, i had this problem, i found if you run sax2, at user level, it create and .Xauth files that normally makes yast2 work.

If you type in a terminal su
then the password you will know that root works.

Tom

scuzzman · 06-15-2004, 03:46 PM

also: remember, it doenst echo your password
you wont see * or anything

lyceum · 06-15-2004, 04:21 PM

did you press enter after entering your password? as stated above, you will not see a bunch of *******when entering your passwd.

ronronson · 06-15-2004, 04:51 PM

Thanks for reply You solved one problem for me with the * that I dont see and thats great. But mr tjmalone could You please take that once more because I can not solve Your problem at all. Its with the pop up box where I should type my password for Yast.