Re: [SLE] Do I have bad CDs?

From: - Edwin - (copperwa11s_at_yahoo.co.jp)
Date: 08/23/04

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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:34:37 +0900

    On Monday 23 August 2004 09:38, Jim Sabatke wrote:

    [snipped]

    > I then rebooted and root worked without a password. I
    > changed the password to my 'normal' one. Then I logged in
    > as my user. Yast and su from a shell both refused my root
    > password. I logged out, and back in as root from run-level
    > 3. The password worked there. Then I did a startx from
    > root and changed my password (again to the normal one).
    > Then I logged out. At level 3, my root password was bad
    > again.
    >
    > This is all from a fresh install. I've done nothing else to
    > the system.
    >
    > Any idea of what's going on????

    Most likely, you have a bad keyboard mapping problem...

    In other words, when you log in using the console, you're using
    a different mapping compared to when you log in on X, etc.

    Check if the keys you type corresponds to what comes out on the
    screen. 

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