Login trouble on first boot

curtisp87 · #1 2nd April 2009, 04:47 AM

I just installed Fedora 10 on an IBM Netvista machine. The anaconda GUI was giving me trouble so I used the text only install. After I finished the install and rebooted to load for the first time, when it should have prompted me to create my user name and password, it went straight to the command-line login...since i didnt create a user name im not sure how to proceed. Sort of a Linux noob, so any help would be appreciated.

marcrblevins · #2 2nd April 2009, 08:27 AM

The firstboot suppose to kick in.

Try this, login as root thru terminal:

Code:

chkconfig firstboot on

Use your fav editor on the /etc/inittab file, change the last line to have a 5, not a 3, then reboot your rig.

curtisp87 · #3 2nd April 2009, 02:43 PM

yeah,i saw that on the install guide on the Fedora site and tried it, all that did was change the login to a GUI instead of the command line i had before, its still not giving me a chance to create a user name before it asks me to log in....

marcrblevins · #4 2nd April 2009, 03:53 PM

Well, you can look at:

Code:

man adduser

Try this, if username is john:

Code:

su -
adduser -m john
passwd john