cannot login

ericwi · 12-19-2004, 07:20 PM

Hi all,

I have this linux calerasystems openlinux 2.4 that gives me a lot of headache I cannot seemed to get rid of. Recently, I installed StarOffice 5.1 on my linux . After I have rebooted my system , I cannot login to my system( after I have entered my credential , the system revert back to the login screen again even the credentail I have entered is correct ).

Can anyone advice me on this?

Thanks.

mjrich · 12-19-2004, 09:00 PM

Can you login as root ?

ericwi · 12-20-2004, 06:48 PM

Hi,

I cannot login as root as well. I tried to start at console mode but all I see is a screen without icons on it

Emerson · 12-20-2004, 08:27 PM

Ctrl+Alt+F1

This should give you console access.

mjrich · 12-20-2004, 09:44 PM

It seems unlikely that simply installing Staroffice should change your Xorg.conf/XF86Config-4. You definitely didn't do anything other than install that one package...?

ericwi · 12-20-2004, 10:58 PM

Thanks for your prompt reply. I was trying to install the program ( Staroffice 5.1 ). I also tried to configure Samba Server to talk to my windows pc elsewhere.

Thanks

mjrich · 12-21-2004, 02:37 PM

Hmm... I've had problems with Samba going into a hanging loop at bootup before. Have you had a look at the messages at bootup ? (Press F2, or whatever it Caldera requires during bootup, and see what the last words are before it hangs).