[K12OSN] Weekend Warrior needs help

[Alan A Hodson <ahodson elp rr com>]

Greetings fellow list members

Friday late afternoon disasters are perhaps the worse kind - at one 
of the schools where I help, while trying to fix a CUPS issue (no 
printer is being recognized - zero out of six) I may have created a 
disaster. By adding some services (tftp among them) I now have a 
system that doesn't allow ANY users to log in... the scrolling text 
boot process begins, and when the monitors black out just prior to 
the K12LTSP login logo splashing, the monitor makes a crackling sound 
and goes blank, and keeps repeating the noice and blank out every few 
seconds... scary stuff!

Suggestions as to how to log in perhaps at a lower runlevel, and 
suggested fixes are most welcomed. I am looking at the possibility of 
having to do a complete re-install, and that doesn't fly well with 
the students who have saved work.

BTW, after recovery, if I burn a cd with ALL the home directory 
contents, would that be enough to give the students back their saved 
files? Opinions welcomed.

Why weekend warrior? This type of disaster destroys my weekend - I am 
ready to kill !

Cheers
Alan Hodson
El Paso ISD, TX
aahodson at episd . org
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