Hi,
Having run the installation process as described in I_Wish_RPi_r11-July2016, and changing no preferences, all seems to work OK. When I reboot, however, the built-in username and password pi, raspberry) are not accepted. - I am using a Danish iMac Keyboard for input.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Strange
Re: Password not accepted
Suggestions:
- If there is another keyboard available i'd try that to rule out any funny business.
- Give all the function keys and shift/caps lock etc a rattle to make sure none are stuck
- Take the keyboard and put it in another device, type the text and see if its what you expect.
- If there is another keyboard available i'd try that to rule out any funny business.
- Give all the function keys and shift/caps lock etc a rattle to make sure none are stuck
- Take the keyboard and put it in another device, type the text and see if its what you expect.
Re: Password not accepted
In addition:
- you can try to connect via ssh instead of directly on the console, that might help
- on the console, you can try to type the password instead of the login. That will not log you in of course, but you will see what the machine receives when you hit the keys for "raspberry".
- you can try to connect via ssh instead of directly on the console, that might help
- on the console, you can try to type the password instead of the login. That will not log you in of course, but you will see what the machine receives when you hit the keys for "raspberry".
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Re: Password not accepted
Thanks for suggestions. - I just bought a UK keyboard to avoid any funny business with my Danish keyboard. Started all over again, with - alas! - the same negative result. - As to trying something on the Terminal, this is out of the question as I am stuck with the login/password window.
Strange
Strange
Re: Password not accepted
This does not sound normal for a standard Raspbian installation.
Can you provide a link to " the installation process as described in I_Wish_RPi_r11-July2016 " as it seems possible this may be introducing the error.
Can you provide a link to " the installation process as described in I_Wish_RPi_r11-July2016 " as it seems possible this may be introducing the error.
Re: Password not accepted
Hi B. Goode,
"I_Wish_RPi_r11-July2016" is a PDF file purchased from Devx.com and as such i am not sure whether I am allowed to provide a link. This document, however, does not contain any other instructions than those delivered with the Raspberry.
So I am still stuck (but am exploring some other entries to this forum).
Strange
"I_Wish_RPi_r11-July2016" is a PDF file purchased from Devx.com and as such i am not sure whether I am allowed to provide a link. This document, however, does not contain any other instructions than those delivered with the Raspberry.
So I am still stuck (but am exploring some other entries to this forum).
Strange
Re: Password not accepted
I am not able to provide any further advice.
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Re: Password not accepted
Does your super secret PDF include any author or publisher information? Is there an email address for the author?
Because without being able to disclose the contents on here, nobody can help you. There must be some documentation of what the default password is set to. Lots of initially installed systems have well known id/password combinations like "pi/raspberry", "root/root" or "root/toor" and such like.
There are some ugly ways you can boot a Linux system with an unknown password to a root shell (which then lets you reset every password). There are some slightly less ugly ways by booting the system from a system with a known password, mounting the filesystem from the card with the unknown password and using a chroot to get access to it and reset the unknown passwords. There's even an desperately ugly way by copying a known password entry from /etc/shadow over the /etc/shadow file on the system with the unknown password.
But you may not have the skills to do that.
Because without being able to disclose the contents on here, nobody can help you. There must be some documentation of what the default password is set to. Lots of initially installed systems have well known id/password combinations like "pi/raspberry", "root/root" or "root/toor" and such like.
There are some ugly ways you can boot a Linux system with an unknown password to a root shell (which then lets you reset every password). There are some slightly less ugly ways by booting the system from a system with a known password, mounting the filesystem from the card with the unknown password and using a chroot to get access to it and reset the unknown passwords. There's even an desperately ugly way by copying a known password entry from /etc/shadow over the /etc/shadow file on the system with the unknown password.
But you may not have the skills to do that.
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Re: Password not accepted
Try typing in the password into the user name windows, so you can see if it comes out correct.
Re: Password not accepted
Just in case it is the old gotcha. It is normal that entering the password does not produce any characters, not even asterisks, on the screen. You type raspberry and then press the Return key.