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wolf123
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 15:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I installed debian set up name and password and when I get too the log in screen and enter it it says it is not valid.

What am I doing wrong?
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 18:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you have caps lock on when you set the password/username.. That's the most common one.

Otherwise when you are at the grub boot screen (the blue one with the linux-2-6.18amd-k7 or whatever.. when it waits for a choice for a few seconds) you can select "single user mode" and edit the user details as root.

The only thing the guide I'm linking to doesn't cover is.. changing a users password while administrator..

The command is

passwd <username>

And it will then proceed to ask for the new password twice.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/book/ch07_01.html

Then when you are done.. don't bother to logout.. you can use

init 6 to reboot the machine and see if everything has worked ;)
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wolf123
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_ 		22. April 2008 @ 20:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sorry you are late I figured it out reformatted the hdd partition then reinstalled it and right now I don't like it because of the screen resolution it 640x489 and if you can tell me how too change that then I will be happy.
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varnull
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Have you looked under desktop→preferences→screen resolution?

If you don't have the option to use higher you need to edit (as root) your xorg.conf file to include higher resolutions..

/etc/X11/xorg.conf (extract) 


Section "Screen"

	Identifier	"Default Screen"

	Device		"nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"

	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"

	DefaultDepth	24

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		1

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		4

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		8

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		15

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		16

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		24

		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

	EndSubSection

EndSection
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