Saddletramp Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) i'm trying to install mandriva for the third time off the same cd on third different machine. it get's to the point where it looks like it's going to the desktop, then switches to a login window that says: (none) login: there's a blinking "_" what is the default login for logging in to that? i've tried everything under the sun, including localhost (in several different formats), my name from other machines, name at the mandriva update site, EVERYTHING!! what caused the dilemma is when i tried installing mandriva on this machine the first time, i was going to resize partition and dual boot with ubuntu. after screwing that up, i got that issue. i reinstalled ubuntu already just fine (formatted entire disk) and am now back to trying to install mandriva, but it won't get past the window mentioned above. HELP!! Thank you Edited July 4, 2006 by Saddletramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) Welcome to the MUB B) There must be a problem with detecting the graphics hardware on your machine. Do you know what graphics card and monitor you have? Have a look at this thread and see if it helps: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=32807 Edited July 4, 2006 by daniewicz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletramp Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) of course i was thinking the same thing (old nvidia tnt2 card and a KDS visual sensation 17" monitor), but because it started to install the first time, i blew it off. i've already seen that thread you link to. didn't work. from reading a half million other threads, i wound up hitting f1 before it got that far, and poof, there just went the login sound!! i'm about to start installing it!!! thanks for the welcome!! Edited July 4, 2006 by Saddletramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Let us know how things progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletramp Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 (edited) not progressing worth a darn! installation froze solid at mounting / installing XP Pro back on that machine! (stupid visioneer scanners don't work under linux. i have 2 of them. need a winblows system anyway. old kodak digital camera doesn't work in linux either.) but if you or anybody have any other ideas, especially on what to use to login to mandriva live disk. i have subscribed to this topic. Edited July 4, 2006 by Saddletramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 On Mandriva One the login for normal users is guest, password is also guest. For admins login as root with the password root. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletramp Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 hadn't tried guests. tried root sveral times. hopefully you were understanding that this is a prompt i'm getting just trying to get to live cd desktop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted July 5, 2006 Report Share Posted July 5, 2006 Usernames and passwords are the same if you login in console or in a GUI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddletramp Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 (edited) Usernames and passwords are the same if you login in console or in a GUI. that's the problem. i never even get to a login point other than trying to login immediately after where it says it finds the mvs# or some number of the disk install. i'm going to consider this thread closed as i can't get past that point no matter what. my cd-rom just will not read that disk correctly. reads windows and ubuntu's just fine, so i know it's not my drive. that particular computer is relegated to spend the rest of it's life as a winblows system. need one with windows on it anyway for my visioneer scanner. (stupid visioneer anyway. don't do drivers for linux!!) thanks for the help though folks!! Edited July 11, 2006 by Saddletramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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