Linux Sound problem

Installed OS, with a Live CD i deffo wont know the root password.

 

The livecd probably wont have a password.

If it does it will be a default one which you can get off the net.

 

Yea, but were abouts off of the net?

Also, how do i log into root?

 

what liveCD are you using? Sometimes the password is blank, sometimes it is 'root' sometimes it is really goofy. Just go to the website that the liveCD came from and look for it, maybe in a wiki or documentation.

I like the adventure of trying to guess the password, just for fun. Makes me feel all CIA.

edit::: GOOGLE is your friend.

 

I have a Kubuntu Live CD downloaded from Kubuntu.org or w/e it is.

Google ain't my friend AOL Search is haha.

 

:swear: I just farted when I read that lol!!

For kubuntu there is sudo because they are all high and mighty and can't use the old su. Search the internet for "kubuntu livecd password" or look in the wiki/docs. I know its there I looked it up once.

 

It's hard using using the browser when i am on crappy 1024x768 res.

Don't forget AOL Search is everyones freind

 

Ok, found, it seems like it's either demo for user and demo for pass, or root for user and root for pass.

 

here it is.

Like I thought,
username: 'root'
password: 'root'

 

Lol, you got it from same exact site as me

 

You've obviously never had a 10" monitor then!
You dont really use AOL search do you? You wont find anything with that, let alone passwords

 

You could have just done

Code:

sudo passwd root (changes root password
su
newrootpass

 

why would you do that on a liveCD?

I would think it is better to log in as root when using a liveCD. Or sudo fsck ...

 

Ummm, what about with the installed one, i dint see any menus about root password when installing, so how do i know what the pass is? also, how do i logg in as root?

 

ok, i still cant do that in terminal, i am on live cd now, all i get is this:

So, i need to know how to log in as root.

 

Ubuntu does not have root account and password by default.

Read this guide

its sudo not su so you use YOUR password.

HTH

 

Does the liveCD auto loggin or give you a prompt? If it autologs then log out and log in again as "root" with "root" as password. Or just do what addis said.

maybe you can run fsck with sudo and put in "demo" as password.

 

Ah, thats why lol, there is no root in Kubuntu, i typed sudo fsck /dev/hdb8, the result was:

 

do you have just one linux partition, excluding swap? If you have more then do the same to all of them.

I have a feeling that it might be your partition table that is broken. That is never good. Did you run fdisk on the drive?

 

Ok, i did one for hdb11, here is the result:

All of them are not there, infact the only mounted partition/drive is the DVD.