[OpenIndiana-discuss] 151a8 text installer: unable to login?

[Cal Sawyer]

Hi

Thanks, Stefan.  Actually, i ended up reinstalling OI from the non-text ISO and user login is working fine now.  Good points you made, though - i didn't check the password in plaintext and keymapping could well have been the problem.

All good now - thank you.

- cal

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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 12:25:28 +0000
From: Stefan M?ller-Wilken <stefan.mueller-wilken at acando.de>
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Hi Cal,

text installer will lead to text login prompts after reboot. You can switch on graphical interface but that's not the default. The requirement to use ESC+<#> instead of function keys might come from the terminal emulation. You can change the terminal type before switching into colored ncurses mode with "sun-terminal" being the default. Function keys do work for Virtual Box, by the way, so that can't be a fundamental problem.

As for the account problems: root will never work as a login name in multi user mode under OpenIndiana for security reasons. Anyway, the function key issue could hint at general keyboard mapping problems (at least at initial configuration time). Have you tried typing both the user name _and_ password in clear text, i.e. in the user name field, to make sure you end up with the right characters in the password field? Sometimes the mapping of standard (y vs. z is always worth a look in Germany) or special characters (,;.# etc.) can give you a hard time, making it a good idea to check designated contents of password fields in clear text first.

If that does not bring success, then you should boot to single user and try logging in as root from there...

Cheers
  Stefan