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I'm getting the following error and I read a solution in another post but I'm having trouble with the first step which is logging into my credentials:

Your screen, graphics cards, and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself.

It's embarrassing but it reads myusername login:

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So like when I boot up normally I enter in my password but then it asks for a password. So if my normal password goes in the latter what do I enter in the first part?

I hope I'm not making myself look like an idiot here. I also apologize in advance if I'm not following the correct posting rules but I'm on a new cell phone with no access to another comp.

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  • Can you post a screenshot? The question isn't clear enough which login you are talking about. You can take a screenshot using the PrintScreen button on your keyboard.
    – jobin
    Apr 7, 2014 at 2:21
  • I'm unable to log in to my comp but I did take a pic with my phone but now I don't see an attach button... Apr 7, 2014 at 8:13
  • Upload the image to imgur.com and paste the link to your question.
    – jobin
    Apr 7, 2014 at 8:13
  • Wow fast reply okay I need to one sec Apr 7, 2014 at 8:16

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No, it doesn't read "myusername login:". It reads "mycomputername login:"

You've simply used your username as your computer name. In the "login" field, you're supposed to enter a username and then enter the password for that user in the "password" field.

So on my desktop, it would read



Ubuntu 14.04 LTS HomeDesktop tty1

HomeDesktop login: jes
Password: ********************

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  • Ooo okay that makes sense. But I've always just entered my password under my computer name at the login screen when it boots normally. Now I don't know what to put after login: thx for your patience btw Apr 7, 2014 at 9:00
  • Sorry jobin. I don't know what to put after login. SevenTen is the account I login to when it boots up normally. Is it something that I set up before? Apr 7, 2014 at 10:14
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    SevenTen is also your computers name. For instance, if you joined the example.com domain, the address to your computer would be seventen.example.com. So you put your username in the login field so that it says "SevenTen login: seventen". (Hopefully your username is lowercase) Apr 7, 2014 at 11:39
  • I am certain the account I login to is SevenTen and of my password as well but it's not accepting it. Apr 7, 2014 at 12:06
  • Remember that you have to enter it precisely how it's written. If it's "seventen", you cannot enter "SevenTen". Apr 7, 2014 at 12:24
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Use the number keys placed above the letter keys instead of the num-pad. That's why your password is getting messed up. Hope this helps.

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For those who have access to the graphical environment and just want to know their login in a simple way, that worked for me:

I opened my terminal and I typed sudo su to enter on root mode. The option to enter my password appears, and there it is! My prompt shows [sudo] password for thiago:, so "thiago" is my log in!

Hope this helps.

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  • How do you wxpwct OP to opeb a terminal when his graphic environt aren't detected and he get a console login instead of GUI ? Anyway I hope he found a solution back in2014 ;-)
    – Soren A
    May 5, 2021 at 18:27
  • I answered this because I had to use TTY for a certain procedure and the only reference I found on the net was this post, but I had difficulty logging in. I put to help others who may have gone through the same problem as me : / May 11, 2021 at 23:37

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