Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:44:47 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: "Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: unable to logon after updating ports collection - Freebsd 7.1 stable Message-ID: <15456672@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <b9079c480901200643s2c18d3f4h8cd48f6f5bda6fc3@mail.gmail.com> (Roy Stuivenberg's message of "Tue\, 20 Jan 2009 14\:43\:09 %2B0000") References: <b9079c480901200101j115a22c1of508ecc999aae69b@mail.gmail.com> <47622685@ipt.ru> <b9079c480901200643s2c18d3f4h8cd48f6f5bda6fc3@mail.gmail.com>
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"Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> writes: > It didn't work. Sure, you didn't give enough information. > My problem has something to do with gnome2 I guess. There is a gnome@ maillist which may be help, CCing it. Right now there is a discussion about absence of gdm at the last gnome version. May be that is the problem. > You see, I can logon, except in graphical user mode. > This happend after complete update (gnome2 included) > I get a different logon prompt, and then I already know I won't be able to > logon. > Only this time I was hoping an upgrade of all the ports would help me .. and > it didn't. > I really hope I will find or get an answer to this problem. > Thank you, > Regards, > Roy. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> wrote: > >> "Roy Stuivenberg" <roys1012@gmail.com> writes: >> >> > After I completed my Freebsd 7.1 stable, and updated all the ports, I got >> > prompted with another logonscreen. >> > Whatever I try, I can't login with my useraccount and even not logon as >> > root. >> > This happened severall times now, the only way was to reinstall >> everything, >> > and I was hoping to resolve this by completly finish upgrading the ports. >> > And .. again the same problem. >> > I'm really hoping to get some answers that will solve this problem, maybe >> > someone had to deal with this issue before ?? >> > I will not give up, because Freebsd stole my heart. >> >> The problem has nothing to do with ports. To restore your root/user logins: >> . boot into single user mode; >> . set a new root password; >> . set a new user password; >> . boot into multiuser mode; >> . login and have fun. WBR -- bsam
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