RE: root password not accepted

[Albert DE WINT <adwint pandora be>]

Op wo 04-06-2003, om 21:15 schreef Waldher, Travis R:
> Albert DE WINT wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Today I installed Redhat 9 twice, yes, twice.
> > 
> > After the first trial, it refused my root password.
> > I guessed I had made a mistake, so I did the installation all over
> > again. 
> > 
> > To my surprise it still does not accept my root password
> > after the second trial. So, I can't run updates, can't add
> > users, can't make any essential modification.
> > 
> > I am 100% sure I did not make a mistake; I must have used
> > this password at least 1000 times.
> > 
> > I hope there is no connection to my nVIDIA Geforce MX card.
> > I noticed sometimes little parts in the screen break-up.
> > I'd like to install the nVidia 3D driver, obviously I need to do that
> > as root. 
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Albert
> > 
> 
> CAPSLOCK?
> 
> If laptop - Make sure the keypad is not turned on.
> 
> Never had a problem like that that wasn't a type on my part of some sort.
> 

I tried both with and whithout CAPSLOCK.
> 
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