usb booted, but can not log in

[okajima]

Binary package hint: usb-creator

The new version of usb-creator for lucid beta,
it works. Thanks.
It booted, and it has "format Okay?" pop up.

BUT. you can not log in.

I am not sure which is wrong,
Casper boot disk or usb creator,
but anyway, I can not log in.

GDM window comes up,
but what is the ID, what is the PASS here?

Note:
What I did is,
1.Boot a daily build CD of 2010/3/28.
2.Create USB.
3.Reboot.
4.GDM want ID/PASS entered.

             --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.

[David Tombs (dgtombs)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

The USB boot disk should function exactly the same as the Live CD: it should not ask you for a password, but automatically log in. Are you sure your computer actually booted from the USB drive (and didn't just boot an existing Ubuntu install)? The default user/pw for the Live CD is "ubuntu" with a blank password, you can try that.

Can you see if the problem is still present in the final release of Lucid? Thanks.

[okajima (okajima)]

I found the cause.

This is not USB/CD boot loader issue,
but X server issue.

1. The problem can be reproduced in both CD boot and USB boot.
2. ID->ubuntu PASS->none does not work.

what happened?

1. USB/CD boots.
2. forks gnome.
3. X crashes.
4. fall back to login screen.
5. enter ID/PASS.
6. forks gnome.
7. X crashes......

Booting Ubuntu with xforcevesa works.
So, this is not boot loader issue, but X server issue.

         --- Okajima, Jun. Tokyo, Japan.
         http://www.chromium.jp/
Very quick USB boot Ubuntu.

[David Tombs (dgtombs)]

Thank you for the further information. Since this bug is already tied to usb-creator, I recommend filing a new bug against xorg. You can follow the information at <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Filing%20bugs%20when%20off-line> to report a bug without have to log into X.

Please post the new bug # in here when you've finished this. Thanks!