GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 720955
Some GParted images (*.iso / *.zip) ask for an impossible to find username + password
Last modified: 2014-01-04 20:47:54 UTC
### Short description ### Known affected images : * gparted-live-0.17.0-beta2-1-amd64.zip * gparted-live-0.17.0-1-amd64.zip GParted boots straight to console (instead of the expected behavior of booting straight to X), and in the console it is necessary to input a username + password ; however username:'user' + password:'live' *does not work*, which is strange since [url:http://gparted.org/livecd.php] instructs to use 'user' + 'live' ; For the record, I also tried other combinations of username + password : user+user, live+user, live+live, user+gparted, etc. etc., and obviously none worked. I also googled around for “ GParted Live CD default password ”, but found nothing. The issue was resolved by using a different GParted image, namely : * gparted-live-stable-0.17.0-1-i486.iso ### Other details ### In the summary for this bug I wrote “ Some GParted images ” since I only tried three images, and the third one worked just fine ; obviously there could be more than two images to have a seemingly undocumented default username+password. Also for this bug report I selected “All” for the “OS” since obviously the OS I run is irrelevant when booting a machine with a live USB, but just in case it makes any difference, I run Linux and I created all three live CD (actually live USB) by following exactly the steps detailed at [url:http://gparted.org/liveusb.php] ; specifically, for both *.zip images (which both had the unkown username+password) I used this method : [url:http://gparted.org/liveusb.php#linux-method-b], and for the *.iso image (which logged me in fine), I used this method : [url:http://gparted.org/liveusb.php#linux-method-d]. But regardless of the method used to *create* the liveUSB, all three images booted fine, with the exception that I couldn’t actually *use* the two first ones since it was impossible to log in.
Thank you for reporting this problem with a high level of detail. I was able to confirm the problem using gparted-live-0.17.0-1-amd64.zip and installing it to a USB flash drive using Linux Method B [url:http://gparted.org/liveusb.php#linux-method-b] Computer Details: NAME MOTHERBOARD PROCESSOR RAM ---- -------------------- ------------------------------- ------ octo Asus P8H67-M PRO/CSM Intel Core i7 2600K 3.4 GHz 8 GB CD/DVD DRIVE VIDEO CARD -------------------------------- --------------------------- Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD+/-RW 24x Intel HD 3000 Steven, When you have a chance would you be able to investigate further? Curtis
Thanks for the bug report. I confirmed this issue. It's because some boot parameters are missing for the zip release. This does not happen in the iso file. I will create another release today. Steven.
An updated version is available here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-testing/0.17.0-4/ Could you please test it again and let us know the results. Thanks. Steven.
Thank you Steven for creating a new GParted Live .zip image. My testing of gparted-live-0.17.0-4-amd64.zip on my computer has been successful. This new image now boots properly and no longer prompts for a username/password. :) Unfortunately I think that the m8r-vrb23i@devnullmail.com email address does not receive email based on the "dev null" reference in the title. As such I do not expect we will receive any feedback. As such I am closing this report as FIXED.