Bug#709884: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#709884: /bin/login: Cannot login as or su to root on /dev/tty1.

2013-05-27 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Jeroen N. Witmond (j...@xs4all.nl): Package: login Version: 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1 Severity: important File: /bin/login To update from squeeze to wheezy I need to login as root without using X, gdm, etc. So I use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to tty1. However, attempts to login as

Bug#709884: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#709884: /bin/login: Cannot login as or su to root on /dev/tty1.

2013-05-27 Thread Jeroen N. Witmond [Bahco]
There are no stupid questions! :-) The password for root contains numbers, I thought I had also tried the use the numbers in the top row of the keyboard, but apparently not. It appears that the numpad does not work for tty. When I use the top row for the numbers I can login as root. Thanks for