Re: [LINUX_Newbies] F16

Thanks.

That will change the root password, but how can I get in as user once I
re-boot? There is no root user at gdm, that I can remember, just roy. BTW,
I am not even sure the user's name is accurate because y and z were
switched on the keyboard.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 11 November 2011 15:04, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 02:52:38PM -0500, Roy wrote:
> > I am giving Fedora 16 a spin but have a problem early on.
> >
> > It installed fine. The installer wasn't very good, but that is another
> > story. When Fedora asked for my user name I had a problem. It would
> > not type the letter y. Instead it gave me a z. Lots of letters were
> > mixed up. I went ahead with the installation because by that point it
> > was already on my system because Fedora asks for your user name
> > post-installation.
>
> I'm not a big fan of anaconda, but I don't hate it either. It has some
> peculiar defaults, IMHO.
>
>
> >
> > When I got in I found the keyboard was set for Switzerland and my
> > timezone was set for there too. I am 100% sure that I selected Toronto
> > because it was set for New York as default and I scrolled down the
> > list to get Toronto. I also remember setting the keyboard to US
> > because I always have language and keyboard setup different from the
> > default (keyboard US, language UK). Anyway, I got in and could not
> > type much. I changed the keyboard to US.
> >
>
> Could be a bug, but I haven't seen anything like that on the Fedora
> forums, so perhaps just a mistype somewhere. At any rate, on to your
> question
>
>
> > can't type anything worthwhile. I could change the root and user
> > password if only I knew what they were. :)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Yes, just add single or 1 (the number, not a lower case L), at the end
> of the kernel line. I'm assuming you are familiar with editing grub, if
> not, post again.
>
> This will boot you into a text mode with a # root prompt. Change the
> root password with the passwd command, then change the user's password
> with passwd <username> as well, since Fedora won't allow root to boot
> into a GUI. (There are ways around it, but that's the default
> behavior).
>
> --
> Scott Robbins
> PGP keyID EB3467D6
> ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 )
> gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
>
> Xander: Oh, hey, do you want to come to our place for
> dinner? Mom's making her famous phone call to the Chinese place.
> Willow: Xander, do you guys even have a stove?
>
>
>

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