Jacob....just a guess, but it sounds like you're installing with the
caps lock in one state and when you're trying to login it's in the
other. Remember JACOB, Jacob and jacob as well as mypassword and
MYPASSWORD are all different.
Alan
Jacob Voelcker wrote:
>
> I have just installed Linux Mandrake 6.1, and it won't accept my logon name
> or password. I have tried the root name and password, and the unprivileged
> username and password, but it won't accept either. So I reinstalled and
> chose different logon names and passwords. However, it still won't let me
> log-on. All I see is a text-based screen with a low-res picture of the Linux
> penguin, my hardware details and a prompt line which says "localhost
> logon:". Help!
