OK Assuming you have a root login. create a user from the backend and try... <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Aaron Konstam <<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 16:29 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle <<a href="mailto:steve@stevesearle.com">steve@stevesearle.com</a>> wrote: > > Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot scrawled: > > > >> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I was not > >> offered the chance to create a regular user account during the installation? > > > > Firstboot will ask you to set up a user account. Did you bypass this? > > > > Steve > > I never saw the firstboot routine. > I actually did the install *twice* thinking that I had missed that, but no. > That's why I'm puzzled. > > ~af Just to be clear. After the installation is complete you reboot. During that reboot you are asked to setup a user account. Did that not happen to you. -- ======================================================================= To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: <a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a> -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> Guidelines: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines" target="_blank">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines</a> </blockquote></div> -- Thanks & Regards Sachin Murudkar Sr. Specialist Solutions DUX Soft Pvt. Ltd "Complexity Simplified" Mobile : +91 9819565900 Fax : +91 22 4057 2894 Board : +91 22 4057 2800 Email : <a href="mailto:sachin@duxsoft.com">sachin@duxsoft.com</a> <a href="http://www.DUXSoft.com">www.DUXSoft.com</a>