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Debian / Installing Debian Base, Without Needing A Network Connection!

« on: January 19, 2008, 10:36:46 pm »

You say that you can login from the commandline? Try adding a normal user as well and install sudo.

Have you set up the date and time and did you do hwclock -w and reboot? That cured some of my problems with logging in graphically. I seem to remember having the same problem a good while ago. I think it was related to setting up the hardware clock. I suspect that your system is trying to make you set a new password because the date settings are saying that it is time for a password change. The gui login can't cope with that.  

Cheers

You are right. The system always ask for setting a new password after each login.

I have set the date and time with "date -s" command and confirmed it is correct. After reboot, the time reset to 2 Jan 1970. However, when I repeat the date and time setting then "hwclock -w", there is a message "Cannot access the Hardware Clock via any known method.". Is there something wrong?

By the way, could you please advise the syntac for adding a user. Thanks a lot for your help.

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Debian / Installing Debian Base, Without Needing A Network Connection!

« on: January 19, 2008, 09:31:46 am »

I have successfully installed titchy. After starting xdm with login windows displayed, I cannot login with "incorrect login" error message displayed. I use "root" as login name and the password that I changed myself but without success. I have even tried all possible combinations of login and password but still with no luck. Please help!!!

tux said here :
"root user starts out with password kuroadmin"

I have already changed the ROOT password in the text mode. Also, I can login with the changed password as ROOT in text mode. However, when I enter the said password for ROOT in the login window (GUI), there always an error message of "incorrect login".  Please help.

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Debian / Installing Debian Base, Without Needing A Network Connection!

« on: January 18, 2008, 11:59:06 pm »

I have successfully installed titchy. After starting xdm with login windows displayed, I cannot login with "incorrect login" error message displayed. I use "root" as login name and the password that I changed myself but without success. I have even tried all possible combinations of login and password but still with no luck. Please help!!!