asking for login name on install

[G.]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 5:41 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 09/26/2011 06:43 AM, G. wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> On 26 September 2011 14:25, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>>>>> This is a live cd/usb.  Tried both with same problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> garyk
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After it asked for a login name I entered ubuntu, then it asked for a
>>>> password,  ubuntu there did not work.
>>>
>>> Alan suggested name ubuntu with no password.
>>>
>>> Colin
> ...
>>
>> I neglected to mention that I tried that too.   Tried doing nothing at
>> all for 10 minutes.  Nothing happened.
>
> Try just hitting the 'Enter' key at both:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD#Logging_in
>
> I'd also recommend running the check cd & memtest options at the start menu:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions
>
> On other versions I seem to recall folks getting this prompt when they
> didn't have enough memory or needed to set boot options due to other
> hardware issues.
>
> Also be sure to check the release notes:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyNarwhal/ReleaseNotes
>
>
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I tried just hitting enter at both.  No luck.  I checked the cd and
usb for errors, none found.  They both seemed to boot up and run fine
on my machine.  I will run the memtest next time.  It runs Vista,
slowly but runs it, so it should have enough memory.

thanks

garyk