Fri 19 Sep 2003 05:53:38 PM UTC, comment #4:
Maybe you can, but I can't. If I enter 'root' as the login, I get the following warning:
Your home directory is listed as:
'/home/root'
but it does not appear to exist.
Do you want to log in with the root
directory as your home directory?
If I enter 'No', you can't log in. If I enter 'Yes', I get the following warning:
It is unlikely anything will work
unless you use a failsafe session.
If I choose 'No', I can't login. If I choose 'Yes', I the following error:
Please contact your system administrator to resolve the
following problem:
Could not open or create the file "/home/root/.gconf-test-
locking-file"; this indicates there may be a problem with
your configuration, as many programs will need to create files
in your home directory. The error was "No such file or
directory (errno=2).
Choosing the Failsafe Gnome option, I get the warning:
This is the Failsafe Gnome Session.
You will be... (etc.)
and then I get the same problem as above.
This is a pretty major error. If it wasn't such a huge download, I'd ftp another copy to see if the download was corrupted. I've burned the CD a couple times, and they all have this problem.
Unfortunately, I'm on WindowsXP, so I don't know how to get a checksum on the image file.
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