>Alt-Ctrl F2 or F4 (or any F Key) gives me a login box > >My local username is recognised but neither "halt" "reboot" "restart" >works Exit or Quit will log out of that username, but I don't have any >way of then getting rid of that black screen ??
Press Ctrl-Alt-F7 and you are back in X. >trying to login as root won't work. >doesn't recognise username/password :( This probably has to do with a higher security setting of your machine. That prevents root from logging in directly. Best way to go about then is: open an xterm become root (type su and enter root password) then type halt or reboot Paul -- Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness. - Lao-Tzu http://www.nlpagan.net/linux.php Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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