Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help

I've tried logging in as root. It seems that whatever my husband did locked
me out of root, too. It's not recognizing my root password. I talked to an
Ubuntu tech guy I know, and he said that at this point there is nothing left
to do but reinstall Ubuntu. I used my live CD to get in and get all my data
saved to chips. Since I have to start fresh anyway I'm going to partition
the drive three ways-- two different Linux distros and the third, just for
data. I'll use Ubuntu 11 on one partition, and either OpenSuse, Debian or
Fedora on the second.

Any suggestions? I want something that will force me to learn my way around
the command prompt without being super frustrating. Basically, something a
step or two up in difficulty from Ubuntu but still usable to a newbie
willing to fight with it.

Yvette

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Martin Warren <elephant_range@yahoo.com>wrote:

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> Please don't take me for a Ubuntu expert, because I rarely use that OS, but
> is the 'loading screen' you refer to the Ubuntu loading screen or that of a
> bootloader (grub, maybe)? The first possibility I can see would require you
> to use the live CD to re-install the startup files, and you would want
> someone more familiar with the Ubuntu OS - 'cuz I'm Debian. The second
> possibility would require that you re-install the bootloader (can be tricky,
> but I could help you more on that one). Can you get far enough to try
> logging in as root and check your user settings that way?
>
> --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@gmail.com>
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> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help
> To: "LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com" <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 12:00 AM
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> My husband tried to instal MySQL while I was gone. He says the instructions
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> said to use the terminal to run chown-rmysql.
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> When I got home my laptop was off,so I rebooted. Now I can't log in. When I
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> try to log in it flashes the loading screen with an error message. It
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> flashes too quickly to read.
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> I have an Ubuntu cd and used that to check my hard disk. All my files seem
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> to be intact. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell Inspiring laptop.
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> Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
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> Thank you
>
> Yvette
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--
Yvette Davis
Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist, Writer
www.msquill.com

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