Problem solved. I have reinstalled with "Check for Bad Blocks" so now
everything is fine. Thanks everybody and especially Civileme!
Adrian
On Sun, 11 Jul
1999, Civileme wrote: > >
>
> Since you just installed it, it would be wise to try again and to ask for "Check
> for Bad Blocks". The age of your computer and hard disk suggests that this is a
> possibility for the sort of error you have. The authentication process is
> corrupted and is respawning because it is finding itself corrupt and committing
> suicide, as every properly written daemon does.
>
> Civileme
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrian Grigorof [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 1999 12:41 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [newbie] "Login incorrect" without a password prompt....
> >
> > I have installed a fresh Mandrake 6.0 on a Pentium 100, 64 MB RAM, 1 GB IDE,
> > AHA1520 SCSI Controller, S3 video chipset, Sound Blaster and Compaq
> > Netelligent network card.
> > The installation goes fine , but when the installation finishes, and I
> > reboot, I get to the login screen and then for any login name that I enter I
> > get the response "Login incorrect". The screen simply refreshes, and I'm
> > back to the login prompt. I've tried "root" as well as the username that I
> > created during setup. I don't even get a password prompt. The refresh is
> > so fast you can barely see the "login incorrect" message before is
> > disappears. If I try this too many times (about 10), I get a message
> > saying:
> >
> > "INIT: Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"
