Switch to another VTTY (Ctrl+Atl+F1 for instance), 'passwd', specify the desired password, switch to Xorg again (Ctrl+Alt+F7 if I am not wrong), 'su' and that's it.
-----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: quarta-feira, 23 de abril de 2008 13:50 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] root password on 2008.1-i686 minimal install I'm unable to log in as root on the installer OS for 2008.1_beta iso. I see nothing telling me what the root password is but the installer prompts me for a username and password. When logging in as root fails I'm eventually logged in as user `gentoo' but can do none of the things necessary to create an install. This seem pretty ridiculous so I'm pretty sure I'm missing some note or something. Starting the install with or without framebuffer appears to make no difference in the end result. I get a sorry little xfce desktop with no way to get to a root terminal. How can I ditch the sorry little desktop and use text mode and get logged in with the necessary root premissions? There is a `help' option on the boot screen but when I select it I get a very fast scroll thru a massive file then jumps back to login screen. Absolutely useless for any help. This install is inside a vmware as guest so maybe some of this works better in a normal install... I hope so. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
