Good Day: Adam
"I don't Like it" I just want it to work as prescribed which it does not seem to do when I can not even get past the login screen when i entered the password and user name in the OS install. oh ya I am a old man as U say and still building computers and doing installs from scratch.
have a good day
Thanks 4 the info
but I have not been able to get to the terminal yet
cant get past name and password screen yet.
have done 4-5 fresh install of the OS. they all hang up at the same place name and password screen
Thanks
If you see GRUB but after only blank screen, this may be graphic card issue. In this case try apply nomodeset kernel parameter at grub screen (there are many tutorials on internet).
Good thought but its a laptop an older Dell no video card other than built in Video
don't know if it matters but password login error screen says... "your password is incorrect try again" cancel / log in boxes ...... nothing else and the same thing over and over when entering the password. I was super careful in the setup of these areas during setup
Tks
I was able to reproduce this in a virtualbox test-installation. After entering a wrong name/passw i was locked out. This solution gave me access again. And after that procedure, even entering the password wrong once, did'nt lock me out. Just enter correct password and login.
after this popup
Press the e key to open the boot parameter editor
Warning: Spoiler!
Locate the text snippet ro quiet splash (or just ro).
Replace ro with rw and append init=/bin/bash to the end of the line. The end of your line should look exactly like this:
rw quiet splash init=/bin/bash
Press F10 to boot with these temporary settings.
Reset Your Password
The system will bypass the usual login screen and drop you directly into a root command prompt terminal (indicated by #).
Ensure the system partition is writeable by running:
mount -n -o remount,rw /
If you do not remember your exact system username, view it by typing:
ls /home
Type the password reset command followed by your account username:
passwd username
Enter your new password twice when prompted. Note: The text will not appear on the screen
