Quoting Jeroen N. Witmond ([email protected]): > 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 root result in "Login incorrect" with > the following lines in /var/log/auth.log: > > May 26 14:07:38 BlackBox login[3792]: pam_unix(login:auth): > authentication failure; logname=LOGIN uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 > ruser= rhost= user=root > May 26 14:07:41 BlackBox login[3792]: FAILED LOGIN (1) on '/dev/tty1' > FOR 'root', Authentication failure > > Login in as a normal user followed by `su -` results in "su: > Authentication failure" with the following lines in /var/log/auth.log: > > May 26 14:10:34 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication > failure; logname=jeroen uid=1000 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser=jeroen > rhost= user=root > May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: pam_authenticate: Authentication > failure > May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: FAILED su for root by jeroen > May 26 14:10:36 BlackBox su[3846]: - /dev/tty1 jeroen:root > > When I run a terminal window under X I can su to root.
Stupid question, but are you sure that the keyboard mapping is correct in tty1?
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