On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Aldo Foot wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Steve Searle <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Around 12:18am on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 (UK time), Aldo Foot >>> scrawled: >>> >>>> But now, seriously, how I'm I supposed to log in at the desktop when I >>>> was not >>>> offered the chance to create a regular user account during the >>>> installation? >>> >>> Firstboot will ask you to set up a user account. Did you bypass this? >>> >>> Steve >> >> I never saw the firstboot routine. >> I actually did the install *twice* thinking that I had missed that, but >> no. >> That's why I'm puzzled. > > Were these raw, fresh installs (where the filesystems were initialized)? > If they were upgrades, then the /etc/sysconfig/firstboot was probably > configured from the last install and firstboot wouldn't run. > > Easiest way, boot in single user mode from grub and > > # rm -f /etc/sysconfig/firstboot The file was not there. But he firstboot package is installed though as well as the init script /etc/init.d/firstboot. I'll go trough the install with the latest released production ISO and see what I get. My gut tells me the problem is with the DVD I used. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
