login

[Nils Kassube]

Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> > Real newbie question.  When I do control/alt /f1 and get a prompt,
> > what do I type as a login name?  The name I gave the computer,
> > let's say 'gary' is the only user name I know of.
> 
> The situation is this.  I am trying to run ubuntu 1204 on an ausus
> 1025 ce and after install it will not load X.  cntrl alt f1 gets me a
> prompt asking for a login name.  The only name I have given so far is
> the name that appears at the prompt e.g. garyubuntu login:
> 
> You enter a login name and then it asks for a password.  Is it the
> same password I entered when I installed the system.

The login is the user name you entered during the installation and the 
password is the password you entered (twice) during the installation. 
However I'm not sure if the "garyubuntu" is the real login name. IIRC, 
you are asked for a full name for the first user, next you are asked for 
a user name (that's the login you need here) and there the system 
suggests something derived from the full name you entered first. Then 
ist asks for a password. Finally you are asked for a host name for your 
machine. Again the system suggests something derived from the full name 
(or from the user name you selected? - I can't remember). The 
"garyubuntu" shown at the login prompt is definitely the host name, so 
you should probably try "gary" as login and if that isn't accepted, try 
"garyubuntu".


Nils