I have my computer set to boot straight to xfree86's login screen as opposed to the console login. For a few days now, when I enter my username in password in the gui, the screen flashes like its loading, and then the login screen pops up again. I've tried ctrl + alt + bs to get to the console to edit some files, but xfree86 starts up as soon as it shuts down, giving me a quick glimpse of the rc.X script (x11 is starting now, or something to that point). Anyone have any ideas how to get to a console? I cant get to any of my files and its making me sad :-(

-andrew

Use your installation-cd.
In the first screen of the installation-process you get the possibillty to boot an installed system.
Do NOT use the "ro"-option of the suggested command.
Once on the prompt , use VASM to undo the graphical login.

hey, thanks for the reply. 2 things though. VASM hasnt been working for me either. whenever I select an option, it just flashes and redisplays the main menu, not allowing me to go anywhere. 2nd, if I boot from the install disk, how do I stop it from starting up xfree86?

thanks

Pfew!
's Been quite some time ago for me as well.

Let's try a different approach :
Do you have another distro installed on that machine? You may add your VL-partition to your fstab , so you could access it from there.
Or a Free partition , you can use to do a fresh install?

If both questions are answered with "no" , You could download the VL-Life-cd here: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis...inux-4.0/live/
(Any other Linux-Live-cd would work as well , I think)

Ofcourse , the first option would be fastest.

much easier, on Vector you should still have a console open at CTRL+ALT+F6 (comes from slack), I am not sure but it could be they stay all open as well. Then you can just edit /etc/inittab and change
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:2:initdefault:

then reboot and your vector will boot in multiuser text mode. I always boot this way to make sure I am able to get to the console again, if you really want to boot graphical it is possible as well this way by putting 'startx' at the end of your bash log in script (~/.bash_profile).

good luck
elluva

I just installed Vector and the only way I can login (myname) is with "root". How can I change it so I can log in with "username"?

You probably never made a normal user, log in as root and type vasm. There should be an option to make a new user...

Not in vasm ; the command "adduser" is what you need.

Thanks. I did "adduser" and got a /home/xxxx" but never saw a prompt for a "password" for the new user name.

Hmmm....
Just checked , and I got this :

Got it, thanks alot.