On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Daevid Vincent<[email protected]> wrote: > And to add insult to injury, if it does work (which I have gotten into > the menu), if you try to drop to root, you are prompted for a > password!!! I never changed my password for root from my initial install > as I always use sudo, so now I'm fcskd! some stupid auto-update hosed my > ATI video driver and I can't get into my system now to fix it. UGH! > Also, if you try "root with networking", it doesn't load SSH so I can't > even ssh from another box (with my user/password) once I see the IP > assigned. Why the F*CK did the Ubuntu people have to mess with this > system. > > I've even tried to edit my grub with the "e" "single" "b" trick and that > also forces this god damn menu on me! Thanks ubuntu guys for locking me > out of my own box.
Try using init=/bin/bash instead of single. Once you're at the prompt: mount -t none none /proc mount -o remount,rw / passwd # set a root password # you can make other changes, but since udev isn't online and the terminal isn't fully configured, things may be a bit weird # when done: umount /proc mount -o remount,ro / exec /sbin/init -- single-user mode unusable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/399919 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
