All is well. I fixed it and have bee happily using it for 24 hours and counting. You are right though; re-installing usually works best int he end. It is often quicker given how fast Linux installs as long as you have a separate home partition. :)
Thanks. Roy Using Fedora 16, 64-bit Location: Canada On 12 November 2011 09:07, westmi <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > I am giving Fedora 16 a spin but have a problem early on. > > > > It installed fine. The installer wasn't very good, but that is another > > story. When Fedora asked for my user name I had a problem. It would > > not type the letter y. Instead it gave me a z. Lots of letters were > > mixed up. I went ahead with the installation because by that point it > > was already on my system because Fedora asks for your user name > > post-installation. > > > > When I got in I found the keyboard was set for Switzerland and my > > timezone was set for there too. I am 100% sure that I selected Toronto > > because it was set for New York as default and I scrolled down the > > list to get Toronto. I also remember setting the keyboard to US > > because I always have language and keyboard setup different from the > > default (keyboard US, language UK). Anyway, I got in and could not > > type much. I changed the keyboard to US. > > > > Here is the problem: none of my passwords work because of course they > > are just dots and I cannot see and the password I gave is unknown > > because of the keyboard switch. That goes for both user and root. I > > can switch the keyboard back to Switzerland to get root access but I > > can't type anything worthwhile. I could change the root and user > > password if only I knew what they were. :) > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Roy > > > > Using Fedora16, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > > I would just re-install it again- it isn't that big of a deal. > Just make sure you get the keyboard right :) > D > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
