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Ubuntu 15.04 live cd prompting for username and password

Asked by ronswift on 2015-04-14

Running April 14, 2015 build of Ubuntu 15.04 64 bit in virtualbox. After selecting run as Live CD it shows a login screen and will not let me proceed to the live session without entering a valid username and password.
Tried ubuntu/reverse, guest and no password and ubuntu and no password and nothing seems to work.

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2015-04-15
actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : #1

Press CTRL + ALT + F1

Run:

passwd ubuntu

Set the password to something then press CTRL + ALT + F7 and you can now login.

I assume that you MD5 tested the ISO you downloaded.

ronswift (rswift-swiftstaffing) said : #2

CTRL + ALT + F1 opens a shell with login prompt for the host machine only which happens to be Ubuntu 14.04. The virtualbox Ubuntu 15.04 vm is unaffected and continues to display GUI Login screen.

Joshua (joshuabg) said : #3

I'm also getting this when trying the try Ubuntu option. I booted with a UEFI BIOS if it makes any difference. I am getting this with today's build (4-16-15).

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