installed FC 6 using Linux Text.
on the security login
localhost login
what is it looking for.
during the installation it asks for a password but never asks for a user.
Could someone give me a clue?
thank you
Larry.

you will have given the root password, so use username root and your password. you shoudl have additionally been promted to create normal users though, later on in the setup, and you should have created them then. add a normal user as soon as you can and never log in directly as root again.

Thank you Chris.
I am trying to install fc6 on a Microsoft product called Virtual PC.
VMware does not support my AMD64 processor as the rev. level is not D or above.
I used the linux text install as the monitor is not right during the normal install and thought this to be a way around it. During the text install it only asks for you to enter a password which I did. at the end of the install and right after it boots for the first time is where I got the request for login.
I did try Root and it then goes to what looks like a terminal line
and was not asking for password.
I will try it again and see if I can copy and paste the results in here.
ok I got localhost login I keyed in root
got password entered that
then got
[root@localhost~]
I think I will have to ask the vendor if there is some option on the monitor setup that will allow the display to be accepted.
thank you for responding again. I am aware of the disasters that can occur when using root and try never to use it.
Larry

Hi. It looks like you haven't actually logged into a Linux or Unix machine ever before (except possibly a gui). That's not a bad thing, but the [root@localhost] is your prompt. You are logged in and there's not a problem, don't contact the vendor.

If you installed by text you most likely picked the option to install the either Gnome or KDE so you should be able to access the gui that you seem to be looking for.

Try typing startx at the prompt and see if it starts the gui for you.

Other than that, attach a different monitor to the machine and wack in CD 1 and type reboot and try installing again and accept all the defaults to get you started. You can always change the package selection afterwards.

Thank you for the notes.
Startx did work however the display was still stretched longways.
I also did an option at boot resolutions=1024x768 however that did
not seem to make any difference.
So will have to do some more searching.
Larry.

I think I have it!
I remember seeing 800x600 so I used that in resolution and all seems
to be loading right now. I did go back to Fedora Core 5 as I had been running it.
This product from Microsoft called Virtual PC seems easier to use
than VMware and it doesn't have the restriction on AMD64 processors that they be above rev. D to qualify for their product.
thanks again.
Larry

Is there anyway to edit a file from here.
I am running under a vm so I can only mess up the guest machine that I am trying to get up. I have some changes to make to a config file in X but do not know how to edit the file.
I understand gedit when you can execute but without a system I am not sure from here.
Would anyone like to help with some steps????

Thank You
Larry.

you need to use a text editor. My preference is vi, but there are others that are easier to use if you don't know the shortcuts, however you may need to install them.

Just type in vi file.conf (replacing file.conf with the configuration file)

it may look complicated but use this link to figure out what you're doing. If you mess up just press (shift colon q ! enter)

http://www.dclug.org.uk/linux_doc/vi.html

Thank You!
I did get emacs and then figured out what I needed to change the several lines of code to satisfy the x
I did see Vi mentioned many times in my searches for edit commands.
I will look into this afternoon.
I am running FC 6 on a product Virtual PC and the color depth can not be greater than 16.
Larry.