From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:06:03 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-22 00:51, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:32:57 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> When repairing the computer, /home is out of commission, and text   
   >>> login does not work, for some reason.   
   >>   
   >> If text logins don’t work, how would you expect GUI logins to work?   
   >   
   > I have seen it happen once.   
   >   
   > Nobody could login in text mode because one of the tools doing it   
   > was broken in an update, while the graphical login used different   
   > tools.   
      
   I’ve never seen that, but in any case, I can think of several likely   
   ways of fixing it. E.g. booting in single-user mode used to work, but   
   I think the convention nowadays is to demand the root password even   
   then. So how about booting with “init=/bin/bash”?   
      
   As a last resort, there is SystemRescue ... always keep a copy handy   
   on a USB stick!   
      
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