On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 11:48, Joe Stanbrook wrote: > Thanks Tim, > > I can't get it to login using the shell, it displays the login prompt but that is replaced by the error message > before I have a chance to login What about if you press ctrl-alt-f2 , it should switch to another login prompt that you can use. (or ctrl-alt-f3, ctrl-alt-f4 etc) Guy