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I have a computer running Debian Jessie, and need to recover my root password. I've been following the instructions on this question, but have run into a snag. After GRUB loads and I've appended single init=/bin/bash to the appropriate line and rebooted, the system appears to lock up - or at least does not accept any input from my keyboard. I don't appear to be at a proper command prompt, so I'm guessing the former is true.

What can I do to troubleshoot this problem?

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  • If it helps, bash reports the following before my computer stops responding: `cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device` followed by `no job control in this shell` – Conduit Feb 04 '17 at 19:08
  • You are not meant to mix `single` and `init=` on the same kernel command line. Try again without `single`. – Michael Hampton Feb 04 '17 at 20:03
  • @MichaelHampton Got things figured out between this and my answer, thanks! – Conduit Feb 04 '17 at 20:37

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Oddly enough the problem seems to have stemmed from my keyboard. When I switched to an older, simpler keyboard the command prompt took input as expected. I also removed single per Michael's comment on my question.

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  • For the curious: the offending keyboard is a 'Microsoft Digital Media Keyboard 3000'. No clue if that's enough to duplicate the problem, however. – Conduit Feb 04 '17 at 20:40