http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Reset_a_Lost_Root_Password
hope it helps On 8/9/06, Hashir <hashipoo3 at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello All > Disto: Gentoo > Kernel : 2.6.14 > > I am unable to log in to gentoo. On booting to > runlevel 3 i get the log in prompt.But no password > prompt appears after i enter the user name. It pauses > for some time and the login prompt reappears. > > ...some message.. > login:root > > ...some message.. > login: > > > i am able to log into the machine using ssh over the > network. But am unable to log in directly. > > I was installing gnome using emerge when this > happend. There were some errors and the installation > aborted. Then i had to restart the system. Later on > this happens. I haven installed X Windows. > > Has anyone had similar problem. What could have gone > wrong? How can i repair? > > Please Help > > regards > Hashir > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >
