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tamas

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Registered: 2009-04-20

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my distro needs login and password when I boot

As the title suggests I do not what I am supposed to enter when faced with a login and password right after I boot.

soupcan

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Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

As the title suggests I do not what I am supposed to enter when faced with a login and password right after I boot.

You should enter "root" as the login and the password you set for root during installation.

Xyne

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

You should then add a user and log in with that account instead of root for everyday use.

Welcome to the forum and to Arch!

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decaren

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Registered: 2009-04-17

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

I'm guessing since you said password, you have completed the install.  If you haven't installed xorg or a DE yet, you should follow the beginner's guide in the wiki to help you along.  If you have, login as the user you added and startx.  If you want to automatically boot to X then add your login manager (i.e. kdm) to the DAEMONS line in your /etc/rc.conf

tamas

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Registered: 2009-04-20

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

When I say password I mean I have not completed the install. This prompt for login/password occurs before I actually do anything. I occurs after I boot and select install and the installer prompts me for a login and a password.

Thank you for your help in advance.
-tamas

tamas

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

If that is not possible then could you point me to a download site where I can download a better version of arch. I am a noob with arch (not with linux, though) so could you please tell me which edition I should download I have a laptop with Core 2 duo @ 1.5ghz and 2 gb of RAM and 120gb HDD, and a Nvidia Geforce 8400M

Thanks in advance for your help
-tamas

quarkup

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Registered: 2008-09-07

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

Hello

This is the page where you can download the latest version of the Arch Installer:
    http://www.archlinux.org/download/

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ngoonee

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

Surprised it has not been mentioned, but the Beginner's Guide (check the 3rd post) should tell you everything you need to know. It certainly did for me.

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tamas

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

I was wondering which website would be best under the http://www.archlinux.org/downloads?

SamC

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

It's irrelevant, those are just mirrors. Choose the one nearest you.

quarkup

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

And follow this guide.

It will help you a lot and explain how do you install and configure the system.

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Xyne

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

When I say password I mean I have not completed the install. This prompt for login/password occurs before I actually do anything. I occurs after I boot and select install and the installer prompts me for a login and a password.

Thank you for your help in advance.
-tamas

login: root

Just hit enter for the password. I think it's empty by default.

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.Maleficus.

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Registered: 2008-11-13

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

When I say password I mean I have not completed the install. This prompt for login/password occurs before I actually do anything. I occurs after I boot and select install and the installer prompts me for a login and a password.

Thank you for your help in advance.
-tamas

login: root

Just hit enter for the password. I think it's empty by default.

"arch" is also a valid login.

After that, to run the setup, just enter "/arch/setup" at the prompt.

Maki

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

You could also try chakra for a graphical install, but steel arch is better when you learn to use the shell

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tamas

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

What is chakra and steel arch and how do I use them?

bender02

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

http://chakra-project.org
'steel arch' = archlinux is rock solid

tomk

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

This is Chakra, and he meant "still", not "steel".

tamas

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

Can you still customize chakra as much as you can regular Arch?

bender02

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

Chakra *is* just arch with a bunch of packages (kdemod4) preinstalled.

tamas

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

I was planning to perform a full install of arch onto a USB flash drive. How much space would I need and how fast would that be? I have done it before with Ubuntu and it got agonizingly slow sometimes especially when I more than one window open. Is arch better for the USB thing or should I use faun?

Thanks in advance
-tamas

bender02

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Registered: 2007-02-04

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Re: my distro needs login and password when I boot

If you're at least 50% happy with the package selection for faunos, you should go with faunos. Faunos has a feature that you won't get with the regular arch install, namely that if you have enough memory, it can load itself to mem and run from there - so it's blazingly fast. Also you probably get slightly more flexibility when you'll be switching machines, since it's designed to run on a "previously unknown" machine.