Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[Jerry Alber]

NoOp wrote:
> On 07/30/2008 05:39 PM, NoOp wrote:
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>> On 07/30/2008 04:36 PM, Jerry Alber wrote:
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>>> NoOp,
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>>> I used "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer" which is part of 
>>> the live CD. It should not be asking for a User ID and Password. I've 
>>> used Knoppix live CD(many different version) and also Kubuntu. They all 
>>> behave as they should. When the User ID window said "The user ubuntu 
>>> will be logged in in 10 seconds" if I let it go, it would go to a window 
>>> with the Hardy Heron logo and 2 folders in the upper left hand corner: 
>>> Examples and Install. If I clicked on either one, it took me right back 
>>> to the User ID window.
>>>
>>> I tried installing this version (8.04) to an empty partition and was 
>>> asked for a User ID and a Password, which I entered. However it would 
>>> not accept the user id or password. After going to another partition, I 
>>> mounted the one where Ubuntu 8.04 had supposedly been installed and 
>>> after going to the boot directory, I found that there was no grub, just 
>>> the boot. The only successful install I got was on another computer 
>>> where I used the whole hard drive.
>>>
>>> Jerry
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>> You are absolutely right - it should not ask for a UID/PW.
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>> Well I have to admit that I'm thoughly stumped on this one. I always use
>> the Alternate CD for my installs, but I've downloaded the 8.04 LiveCD
>> and gave it a spin on 4 different systems and get no UID/PW prompt. Very
>> odd. I'll keep digging, but at this point I'm not sure what else to try
>> Jerry.
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>> [I'm still working on getting the DVD onto a disc (my dsl line likes to
>> reset about 7:00 am every morning & the download wasn't finished - I'm
>> now tranfering to my system with the DVD burner on it - it has about 2
>> more hours to go).]
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> OK. I finally got the DVD downloaded and transfered. I burned it at 4x
> and loaded it up onto a machine using the "Try Ubuntu without any change
> to your computer" and lo and behold it brings up a standard Gnome login
> screen asking for a username etc.
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> Now if I just enter a blank for UID/PW it prompts: Incorrect username
> etc. If I enter ubuntu/ubuntu it again shows "Incorrect username" etc.
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> So, dear Jerry, you are not nuts, not imagining things, and are 100%
> correct (at least on the Ubuntu DVD - I cannot reproduce on the
> downloaded LiveCD).
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> I'll try and figure out just what the issue is, but just wanted to let
> you know that I *can* reproduce on the Ubuntu DVD downloaded from:
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> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/hardy/release/
>   ubuntu-8.04.1-dvd-i386.iso
> md5sum: 5fddb647c1945b20055d751576dea8fc *ubuntu-8.04.1-dvd-i386.iso
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> Gary
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NoOp,

Glad to know that I am not really crazy, but I don't really want this to 
be one of the "Mysteries" of life. When I do mount the ISO, could you 
point me in the right direction as to what to look for. I could compare 
the 8.04 Ubuntu and the Kubuntu 6.10 which works, but that is a lot to 
compare.

Thanks,

Jerry
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