Firstboot problem

[Borse]

So i managed to install F8, and then i go o start it for the first time.

I get to that menu screen, click enter to start F8 and it starts fine.

everything comes out [ok] during the boot process.

then it says

localhost login:




I don't remember ever creating a login name during installation, but i tried the one i would have used, plus some others.

Then it asks for a password, and i remember the root password i created, but it won't let me type anything.

i just says

password:


and the only button that registers is enter...


If i type in "root" for the login it registers and it gives me time of last login, and then it says

[root@localhost `]#


what do i do now?

[Brian1]

Never run across and install not asking for user and password. Maybe depends on the choices you made. I have not install Fedora all the possible combinations. So it starts in runlevel 3. May depend if X was installed. After logged into type the command ' startx ' to see if the gui comes up. If not then post errors. Maybe your video card needs drivers installed if say ATI or Nvidia brand. Many post on that here. If you get the gui up you can create a new user from a gui frontend interface.

Also to see if a user is created type the command ' cat /etc/passwd ' At the end it should have a user with a UID at 500.

Brian

[Borse]

Startx worked!!

thank you very much.

[Brian1]

Ok so the system seems to default to runlevel 3. If you want gui at the start edit /etc/inittab and have this line look like this. the runlevel values are described in the file at the beginning. Defiantly a thing over a linux beginner.
id:5:initdefault:
Probably like this not id:3:initdefault:

Before doing this I would make sure you have a user account created if there is not one. Reason is default gui login manager does not support root login, only users.

Brian