From: robin_listas@es.invalid
On 2026-01-24 06:39, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
>
> On 1/23/26 13:45, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2026-01-23 22:18, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>>> In comp.os.linux.misc, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> At least in openSUSE. No /home, no login, it silently fails (at
>>>> least in
>>>> graphical mode).
>>>
>>> Graphical mode. That could be your problem. But that's fixable with a
>>> a little care for your X11 config. With no xsession or xinit files, it
>>> should spin up a single xterm, maybe with twm. Wayland probably hasn't
>>> got a fallback.
>>
>> If you can not login, you can not fix anything.
>>
>>
>> I don't remember the details, it was years ago. The point is that I
>> want every possibility available, in case something goes wrong. I want
>> to be able to login as root graphically, just in case.
>>
>> I just tried in a fresh install of 16.0, and I can login as root into
>> XFCE. Yellow background. Perfect. Not even a warning message. Not that
>> I will use it, but I like that the decision is mine to take.
>
> Well if you cannot boot up from the fixed disk have you tried using
an
> installation media? PCLinuxOS for example has a lot of useful tool. to
> help
> recover a problematic system. If a system can be booted up then you have
> a chance to correct the problems with the install if it is not a hardware
> problem. Hardware problem include a failing fixed disk and/or Graphical
> Processing Unit which has been assigned a bad or improper driver.
> In the PCLinuxOS forum failure to choose the correct GPU driver
> usually a nVidia card, is a frequent complaint.
Certainly, I can do that. There is a small rescue boot in the
installation media, and also I have a dedicated rescue USB thingie.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
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