Thank you for the quick response Wil, much appreciated!!! I got called out of town and will try this when I get back to the house...again MUCH appreciated!
On Monday, March 17, 2014 8:10:03 PM UTC-4, Wilfredo Nieves wrote: > > Also run > "opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack" and it will > fix the auto login issue. But i think you have to reboot for it to take > effect. Note that I just copied and pasted right form the post you replied > to. > > -Wil > On Mar 17, 2014 7:04 PM, "Wilfredo Nieves" <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> If you do Ctrl + Alt + F1 it will give you a console at the login screen >> and IIRC "gdm.service restart" will bring the login screen back up. >> >> -Wil >> On Mar 17, 2014 4:22 PM, "New Guy, Old Man" >> <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> I upgraded from the command line on emmc using update / upgrade and was >>> rewarded with a splash screen i cant get past...as above. I updated on >>> March 17, 2014. >>> >>> I have tried all the things on this page so far...1) cant get in to ssh >>> (usb) because when i try it says that connection has been closed by remote, >>> 2) the Cloud9 solution returns that it failed to download. >>> >>> I am new to linux command line, its honestly why i bought this >>> thing...to learn. right now i have a $65.00 paperweight with a cool splash >>> screen but cant get beyond the password. >>> >>> Why isnt there a generic password set on update as with other linux >>> distros to avoid threads like this? >>> >>> Forgive my newness i really am trying and not being lazy here...I have >>> been all over the internet and I see what you have here echoed, but its not >>> working for me. additional help would be appreciated. >>> >>> On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:46:46 PM UTC-5, [email protected]: >>>> >>>> The best thing to me about BeagleBone Black is its None.js server that >>>> is running all the time. You can leverage this to run commands even when >>>> you can't SSH. I ran into your same issue after I did an opkg upgrade. I >>>> solved by creating a js file in could9 with the below script. Just run >>>> from >>>> could 9 and it will execute commands on your BBB! >>>> >>>> // http://nodejs.org/api.html#_child_processes >>>> var sys = require('sys'); >>>> var exec = require('child_process').exec; >>>> var child; >>>> >>>> // executes `pwd` >>>> var command = "opkg install --force-reinstall >>>> angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack"; >>>> child = exec(command, function (error, stdout, stderr) { >>>> sys.print('stdout: ' + stdout); >>>> sys.print('stderr: ' + stderr); >>>> if (error !== null) { >>>> console.log('exec error: ' + error); >>>> } >>>> }); >>>> >>>> On Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:19:27 AM UTC-5, Gabriel L wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I'm new to the Beaglebone Black but didn't have problems trying out >>>>> several OS's. >>>>> As Ubuntu was too slow for my taste I switched back to Angstrom. After >>>>> loading the latest img to eMMC, several days in a row I could do >>>>> update/upgrade without a problem until the Angstrom logo appeared. The >>>>> login procedure was changed drastically as the automatic login was gone >>>>> and >>>>> replaced by the choice 'mpd', 'xuser' and 'Other'. As other I tried >>>>> 'root' >>>>> but nothing worked. I could not login. I couldn't find the correct >>>>> passwords anywhere. Can someone help? >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
