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I just installed ubuntu on my laptop and I must have spelled my username and or password wrong because I cannot login now. I tried shuting down my computer manually by holding down the power button and now all I see is a blinking dash. What can I do?

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  • More info is needed. Though blinking cursor means at booting time? If thats the case have you checked BIOS for boot priority? or if blinking cursor is at login time?
    – wisemonkey
    Aug 15, 2011 at 22:00
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    you may now have a corrupted installation - why don't you reinstall? should just take a few minutes.
    – fossfreedom ♦
    Aug 15, 2011 at 22:02
  • For future reference - the 11.04 login screen has a shutdown button on the bottom right hand corner.
    – grahammechanical
    Aug 16, 2011 at 23:59

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You can reinstall. Or the geeky method would be this:

  • Boot from the live CD into Ubuntu.

  • Mount your hard drive by opening it in Nautilus/Dolphin

  • Open a terminal window

  • type cd /media to go where the harddrives are

  • type ls to see the names of all of them. One is your root drive.

  • become root by doing sudo su, the password is empty, just press enter

  • chroot HARD_DRIVE_NAME

  • passwd YOUR_SHORT_USER_NAME and enter a new password

  • reboot and use your new password

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