Hello r0ller! r0ller writes: > Hi All, > > I recently upgraded my 7.0 (amd64) to 7.1 using sysupgrade and although I was > very cautious during the upgrade process when answering all the questions > about the config file changes, I may have done something wrong. So currently > I cannot logon as root via the console but interestingly enough I can logon > as normal user to X (started by xdm) and in an X terminal I can switch to > root using su which accepts the root's pw. If I try to log on to the > console as root, the logon simply hangs -does not even ask for a password. I > haven't tried the console logon as normal user but will do this evening. > Till then, if anyone has any hint, I'd appreciate that! > > Thanks & regards, > r0ller
I think that /etc/ttys was (accidently!) overwritten, probably you'll want something like that (in a unified format, please notice the 4th column `off' vs `on'): -ttyE1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 off secure -ttyE2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 off secure -ttyE3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 off secure +ttyE1 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure +ttyE2 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure +ttyE3 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" wsvt25 on secure
