"localhost login" at startup

[Erpax]

Hi everyone... im having a similar problem... my new pc came with Linux installed... and I've never used linux before.
The problem is that i've been using it for a week now and today, all of a sudden, it started asking me for a "localhost login" at startup... and it never accepts the passwords that I introduce even if i've just changed them using passwd.
Someone help me please

[Erpax]

By the way... my linux is "redflag 6"

[Erpax]

By the way... It just accepted my root password, but now it displays [root@localhost ~]#
How do I access the desktop now?

[Ziplock]

Hi there,

Have you changed the name of your machine, or the IP address lately? It would seem that your X installation can't find the name of the server from the IP address. Can you post the contents of /etc/hosts please?

[devils casper]

Execute startx command and post exact error message here, if any.

Post the output of this

grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
cat /etc/redhat-issue
su -
lspci | grep -i vga
exit

[jayd512]

Thought I would toss this in the ring.

cat /etc/redhat-issue

Doesn't work on some of the newer RH based distros. If that's the case for you, try

cat /etc/redhat-release