Login / Password: Login failed

[Lordshooter]

Hello

I just upgraded my laptop with a new heatsink/fan and a new touchpad/palmrest, and installed SymplyMEPIS 6.5 on to my brandnew SSD (32GB Transcend).

Installation whent fine, and it installed 100% without problems.
At the end, it asked me for a username and password, which I tiped in.

But then: I tryed to log in, and I received a message, that the password is incorrect, and that login is uncuccessful/denied/refused, or whatever.

I tried several times, but only got the same error message.

What did I do wrong? How can I set a new password for the login to SymplyMEPIS?

My laptop is a IBM ThinkPad T41.

I would be very grateful for quick and efficiant help, as I am not able to login to my operation system.

Alexander

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Here's a HowTo you can use to reset root and/or user passwords:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...-password.html

[Lordshooter]

Hello ozar,
thanks, but this looks way to complicated for me (newbie).
It is just a simple thing:
1) Installed OS.
2) OS does not accept password that it asked for at the end of the intallation procedure.

There should sure be a easyer way to do it???

Alexander

[oz]

Have you tried reinstalling? Other than following the steps in the HowTo, a reinstall would probably be the easiest.

[Lordshooter]

Maybe easyer to reinstall the OS, and let it ask again for username and password again.

[Lordshooter]

Yes, you just read my mind.

You just came at the same time.

Yes, I agree, you speak out of my mind.

Alexander

[oz]

Passwords are case sensitive, so keep that in mind.

Let us know how it goes.

[Lordshooter]

I will log out, now.

1) I will try again, to log in to the OS.

2) If it wont't work, I shal reinstall the OS.

3) I will then let you know (later), if I succeeded.

Thanks, see you later.

Alexander

[Lordshooter]

Problem solved.

Solution: Reinstallation of the OS, and then writing username and password, as well as all the other names in smal letters.
Example: Username, first: "Meier", then second time: "meier". - Perhaps that did the trick. I have no idea.

Thank you, for your attention.

New question:

For this installation of SimplyMEPIS, I am sure, I only had the possibilty of "autoinstall", becaus "GParted", as well as "QTParted", someohow did not work.

So anyway:
I have done a fresh install by autoinstall onto a new SSD.
Having looked in the way that it has been partitioned, dos not look ideal.
I have ca. 32 GB.

This is what gtparted shows me:

/dev/hdd
Model: TS32GSSD25-M (Transcend)
Total size: 30239.5
Sectors: 61930575
Status: occupied

hda1 (2.57 GB) hda3 (1.12 GB)
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01 /dev/hda1 ext3 activ 9.77 GB used size: 2.57 GB End: 9.77 GB

02 /dev/hda2 linux-swap 1000.37MB used size: 0.00MB End: 10.74 GB

03 /dev/hda3 ext3 18.79 GB used size: 1.12 GB End: 29.53 GB

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Now, this is how I thought, it might be better for me:

OS:
root ca. 5 GB (max. 8 GB)

home ca. 7 GB

swap ca. 400 MB

USER DATA:
other/user data, etc. ca. 20 GB

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I would be grateful, if some members can tell me, how I am able to proceed:
How I can resize/change my partition sizes, to my specific needs, as shown in a sugestion. Other sugestions welcome.

Thank you.

Alexander

[oz]

You can use the Parted Magic LiveCD to easily shrink/expand partitions:

Parted Magic

It's quite easy to use and runs entirely off the LiveCD.