First boot Fedora core 6

[orvis4wt]

First of all i'm new to linux!!
On the first boot of Fedora core 6 it ran through a bunch of lines of the configuration and prompted me for a login. I never created a login and was never prompted to create one. I have read through some of the forum and tried a few things I saw but I can't get logged in. Please don't tell me I have to reinstall again it would be my 50th time..

[glennzo]

The first boot of Fedora is usually where you set up your user name and password.

[Leond]

I'm having the same trouble, would you be able to help me please? I've tried to set up an initial username and password but it keeps being rejected, and it looks as if nothing is being typed in for the password?!

[JN4OldSchool]

Can you not log in as "root" then type the root password you HAD to assign it in order to install? Then just go into "users and groups" and create a user.

alternately, use "system-config-users" from a terminal while logged in as root.

[Leond]

I'll give it a go thanks! I'll let you know how that goes :)

[Leond]

Hi JN,

I've tried that and I'm at root@computername

I've typed in the "system-config-users and" and I'm now getting a response of "..requires a currently running X server"??

it's taken me three days to get to this point lol!!

[JN4OldSchool]

ok, you either need to install a desktop environment or you have video driver problems. Try this:

nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and tell me what it says under "section device" - driver.

You might try changing this to "vesa" and rebooting.

hold up, before you do the vesa thing, just try "startx" I'm getting ahead of myself

[Leond]

JN,

startx worked a treat...can't thank you enough, finally rid of winblows :D

Cheers!

do you know of any howto or doc links that run through the linux command prompts?

many many thanks..

[JN4OldSchool]

You will probably learn more by just doing and using this forum for help. This:

http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f7.html

is a good place to start. If you are on FC6 just follow the link back to the homepage then on to the FC6 guide. We still have some problems though, you need to create a user then see if you can log into the account. You should boot up into a nice greeter screen that has nice blocks for user name and password. Then it should go right to the desktop without the startx bit.

[Leond]

lol, you're right. I'd created a new user account and logged out. The new username and passwrd were rejected, I've logged back in under root and startx. Should I now look for the "drivers" and "vesa"?

thanks for the link too!

[JN4OldSchool]

no, you need to figure out why the first boot didnt work and why the user is being rejected. I will think on it, maybe someone else might jump in also.

Try a different user name and password, something simple. And just use all defaults.

How exactly is the user being rejected? Can you log into init3 (text) with the user?

[Leond]

I don't know if this is part of the problem but I've just gone to delete the user I created and I've had an"SElinux is preventing access to files with the default label, default_t"?

and also that it's denying permissions to use the "default_t" files?

[JN4OldSchool]

OK, I dont recommend running this way, but try "system-config-selinux" and disabling it and see what happens. If this works you CAN run without it but I would highly recommend you troubleshoot it and get it working right.

[Leond]

I've disabled selinux from the desktop as it wouldn't allow me to from the prompt after logout. I've rebuilt a new user, logged out and then in under the new user, but I still need then use the "startx" command to run the desktop. Is it worth me starting a new thread for this problem? Or is there a system troubleshoot I can run from the desktop?

btw - my lovely house mate has blown you a kiss across the pond to say thanks for your help (It's her computer!)

[Seve]

but I still need then use the "startx" command to run the desktop.
Hello:

With FC6, some first installations would initially boot to a black screen with a login prompt.
When you get to that point, [before logging in] try
Ctrl Alt F7
and see if that brings you to the gui login screen. If it works, then just update your installation as this was addressed in one of the early updates.

Seve

[Leond]

Hi Seve,

Thanks, I've tried the suggestion but it's not taking me to a GUI prompt. I've checked which release it is and at the black screen/login (or page before/after) it's advising that it's version 7 (moonshine) (which is good as I'd tried to download this version! - I got one bit right I think?!)

can you think of anything else?

[Leond]

I'd jumped into this thread without reading the core 6 bit...

[JN4OldSchool]

really a screwy deal. Ctrl+alt+F7 should be working for you if startx works. Check your /etc/inittab file.

The first line that is not commented out should read "id:5:initdefault:" if it reads 3 change it to 5 ("gedit /etc/inittab" as root)

[Leond]

Ok, tried that, I've entered "/etc..." and "gedit/..." at login, logged in as root before startx, and in the desktop from terminal. "/etc..." gives me a permission denied on all fronts, and "gedit..." gives me no such file or directory on all fronts

I feel today is becoming a steep learning curve :)

[JN4OldSchool]

ok, lets pull out all stops. Copy this exactly after login as root.

"nano /etc/inittab"

[Leond]

Looking good!

I now have the options running; 0-halt, 1-single user, 2-multi user without NFS, 3-Full multi user mode, 4-unused, 5-X11, 6 - reboot ...?

It is intended for a single user...

There's also an option to read 53 lines?

[JN4OldSchool]

Looking good!

I now have the options running; 0-halt, 1-single user, 2-multi user without NFS, 3-Full multi user mode, 4-unused, 5-X11, 6 - reboot ...?

It is intended for a single user...

There's also an option to read 53 lines?

OK, notice the pound sign (hash mark, # not £ :D )? This means that line is commented out, it doesnt do anything, just documentation or unused options. Look at the line under all that that reads "id:5:initdefault:" Just make sure that reads "5" and not "3". If it does then I'm as lost as you are. Maybe run a yum update just for the hell of it but I am out of ideas.

[Leond]

just remembered your earlier post, i'll set it to 5

[Leond]

I've changed that l"id...." line to 5, saved and exited but unfortunately it's not worked.

I'm thinking that maybe I should try re-installing from scratch.

Really looking forward to getting it up and running 'cause from the little I've looked at this evening, looks good :)

Thanks so much for your help, really appreciated. Best response I've had from any OS forum (winblows, Mac OS X!).

Cheers!

[JN4OldSchool]

I've changed that l"id...." line to 5, saved and exited but unfortunately it's not worked.

I'm thinking that maybe I should try re-installing from scratch.

Really looking forward to getting it up and running 'cause from the little I've looked at this evening, looks good :)

Thanks so much for your help, really appreciated. Best response I've had from any OS forum (winblows, Mac OS X!).

Cheers!

Hate to say it but I was thinking the same thing several posts ago. Something just seems bad wrong. A fresh install would probably be the easiest at this point. And look at the things you have learned with this experience! But really, other than a video driver problem Fedora is plauged with it shouldnt be hard at all. It should install and boot right up. Give it a fresh start and we will be here if that doesnt work.

[Leond]

well you never guess what!!...

As a last resort I ran the image disc (I'd burnt earlier for the install) as a rescue disk, and was given the option for a disk image to be mounted on the partition...(not entirely sure but I sort of understood!), I then had the option to type "chroot /mnt/sysimage" as a shell prompt, to set the new image as root, rebooted and hey presto, it's worked!

no idea what happened, but fingers crossed :D

It's 2am here and I can now go to bed a happy man!

Thank you again.

[jdillick]

Is you system boot up without X? Type runlevel from the command line and see what it says. If it says 5, then run logged in as root:
system-config-display --reconfig