
I've sensed a disturbance in the Force.
Unless you specifically set the root password to something other than the password you use with sudo, it should be the same.
Did you type correctly?
But assuming you set a specific root password...there is no good reason to do that. Doing so only introduces a disturbance in the Force. So we must bring balance back to it.
Please print what follows to a parchment scroll, or have your Droid memorize the lines, and then take the steps.
1. At the grub menu press "e" on your keyboard. This will open up a dialog where you can change the boot perimeters.
2. Scroll through the text to near the bottom to the line that begins with
linux. You will see a long string of numbers and letters, something like root=UUID=4rc4b7rbx47r-776fv77b7-c44-8886gt5 followed by
ro quiet splash $vt_handoff.
3. Replace
ro quiet splash with
rw init=/bin/bash such that it looks like root=UUID=4rc4b7rbx47r-776fv77b7-c44-8886gt5
rw init=/bin/bash $vt_handoffBefore:
Code:
root=UUID=4rc4b7rbx47r-776fv77b7-c44-8886gt5 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
After:
Code:
root=UUID=4rc4b7rbx47r-776fv77b7-c44-8886gt5 rw init=/bin/bash $vt_handoff
Leave what comes
before root=UUID alone.
4. After you get that inputted correctly, hit F10 on your keyboard. You will now boot in to a wondrous, passwordless, root shell, set in place by the ancients.
Feel their presence with you.
5. Now reset your password by typing
passwd root and then set your new root password.
6. Now type
reboot7. Now take the steps above you printed earlier.
If that fails to re-balance the Force, then the Darkside has overtaken you. You'll need to re-install the system. Before doing that you can boot in to the UberStudent Live Disk, open a file manager and mount the drive where your installation is located, and move any files you want to retain to an external drive. To keep your bookmarks, for example, you can copy over the entire folder at /home/yourusername/.config/chromium and then copy that folder back to your new installation
before you run Chromium and
after you run all system and program updates.
May the Force be with you.
