On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Shetliffe, Mike wrote about, Cannot Login - Prompt won't accept
input:
> I have been running RedHat5.1 for a while now - though still consider
> myself a newbie (since I can't fix things like this on my own!).
>
> I went to use Linux the other night and found I couldn't log in.
> Whatever I typed at the 'Login: ' prompt, would simply be "erased" when
> I pressed return. If I simply press return (without typing anything at
> the prompt), the console just "skips" to the "next" login prompt (ie
> there is now a new 'Login: ') prompt under the first.
That sounds like a "Out of memory" problem, check /var/log/messages the
chances are you will find some error messages there.
> The only thing I changed since my previous Linux login was to upgrade my
> mainboard and videocard bios to fix a problem in "the other" OS. (which
> now works fine btw)
It looks like you fixed one problem and created another, after reading
that, i would almost definatly say its a memory problem, check that the
BIOS settings are correct.
>
> I have booted into Linux using a floppy and poked around in my root
> filesystem. Everything seems as expected. /etc/passwd is fine (I'm not
> sure what else to check).
/var/log/messages or syslog
>
> I am thinking that maybe the keyboard input or format has changed as a
> result of upgrading the bios. Unlikely I know, but it's all I can think
> of.
Nope i doubt that, it reconises "input", you said, you write the loginname
and hit enter which says to me the system saw the input, the content is
irrelavant, the system does not return with the correct proceedure which
should be "Password", that indicates that the program cant run because it
cant get "memory".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> I'm running a stand-alone K6-2 350MHz, 128MB RAM, Microstar5169
> Motherboard (ALI V Chipset), Matrox Millenium G200 8MB Video, Creative
> 16 SoundBlaster.
>
> TIA. Cheers,
> Mike
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