Hi everyone

I'm new to this site, and I just installed Linux SuSE 10 on my laptop.

The problem that I've been having is that the system never asked me for
any username and password during the installation and now whenever I try
to login I always get a "login failed" message.

This laptop previously co-existed (XP on the side) with linux 9.2,
after that I replaced it with Ubuntu Linux, and shortly after
I installed SuSE 10.

I've tried any of my usual passwords and none of them worked so right
now I'm lost.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The thing is that SuSE 10 doesn't ask you for any username
or password. Other versions did, so something went wrong
in this one.

That installation process has three phases.

First phase:
You setup all the the basic initial configuration like language,
partitioning, if its a new installation or an update, etc.

Second phase:
You install the software. You install the first CD, the system
reboots then you install the other 4 CDs. At the end it gives
you an option to start Yast to add additional software, then
you click finish and the system reboots.

Third phase:
You setup your root password, your user account and password,
then you configure things like your ethernet card and stuff
like that.


Now the Problem is that in SuSE 10 after you end the second
phase and the system reboots it takes you straight into login
instead of the third phase of the installation.

I actually found a similar thread after I started this one:

Titled: cannot login into newly setup system

And I tried khurdp's advice and it didn't work either, its probably
because the installation process wasn't fully completed and it
still needs further configurations.

If anyone else has any more ideas that would be very helpful.

Boot into single user mode (runlevel 1) and just run "passwd" to reset root's password, then switch to runlevel 5 (or simply reboot)