Angstrom passwords

[Gabriel L]

Hi,
I'm new to the Beaglebone Black but didn't have problems trying out several OS's.
As Ubuntu was too slow for my taste I switched back to Angstrom. After loading the latest img to eMMC, several days in a row I could do update/upgrade without a problem until the Angstrom logo appeared. The login procedure was changed drastically as the automatic login was gone and replaced by the choice 'mpd', 'xuser' and 'Other'. As other I tried 'root' but nothing worked. I could not login. I couldn't find the correct passwords anywhere.  Can someone help?
Thanks.

[calist...@gmail.com]

Hi Gabriel,

Access the board via SSH on the USB as root.

Add another user e.g. Gabriel & set the password.

You will see that the new user is instantly added on the GUI login screen as well and you can now login as that user.

Dave.

[Tim]

I'm having same issue!! No way to log into my BBB using Angstrom after
restoring from backup. I can't get past log in screen with "mpd", "xuser"
and "Other" options. Would greatly appreciate any help.

[Koen Kooi]

opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack

Or create a password for the root user, which is greatly recommended anyway

[lee....@gmail.com]

opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack

worked for me

[water...@zoho.com]

Thanks for your answers but regrettably SSH has disappeared from the HTML pages I can access via USB. Any other way I can get there?

Gabriel.

Op vrijdag 13 september 2013 01:37:40 UTC+2 schreef calist...@gmail.com:

[water...@zoho.com]

Hi all,

problem solved by reloading latest img with 'automatic login' and creating a password for root.  Through all the updates that password is kept and needed. No automatic login any more !

Gabriel.

Op donderdag 12 september 2013 15:19:27 UTC+2 schreef Gabriel L:

[camero...@gmail.com]

The best thing to me about BeagleBone Black is its None.js server that is running all the time. You can leverage this to run commands even when you can't SSH. I ran into your same issue after I did an opkg upgrade. I solved by creating a js file in could9 with the below script. Just run from could 9 and it will execute commands on your BBB!

// http://nodejs.org/api.html#_child_processes

var sys = require('sys');

var exec = require('child_process').exec;

var child;

// executes `pwd`

var command = "opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack";

child = exec(command, function (error, stdout, stderr) {

  sys.print('stdout: ' + stdout);

  sys.print('stderr: ' + stderr);

  if (error !== null) {

    console.log('exec error: ' + error);

  }

});

[New Guy, Old Man]

I upgraded from the command line on emmc using update / upgrade and was rewarded with a splash screen i cant get past...as above. I updated on March 17, 2014.

I have tried all the things on this page so far...1) cant get in to ssh (usb) because when i try it says that connection has been closed by remote, 2) the Cloud9 solution returns that it failed to download.

I am new to linux command line, its honestly why i bought this thing...to learn. right now i have a $65.00 paperweight with a cool splash screen but cant get beyond the password.

Why isnt there a generic password set on update as with other linux distros to avoid threads like this?

Forgive my newness i really am trying and not being lazy here...I have been all over the internet and I see what you have here echoed, but its not working for me. additional help would be appreciated.

[Wilfredo Nieves]

If you do Ctrl + Alt + F1 it will give you a console at the login screen and IIRC "gdm.service restart" will bring the login screen back up.

-Wil

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[Wilfredo Nieves]

Also run
"opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack" and it will fix the auto login issue. But i think you have to reboot for it to take effect. Note that I just copied and pasted right form the post you replied to.

-Wil

[New Guy, Old Man]

Thank you for the quick response Wil, much appreciated!!! I got called out of town and will try this when I get back to the house...again MUCH appreciated!

[mountain...@gmail.com]

Had same problem. Following the "Getting Started with Beaglebone" book from Make seems to give this result. Was able to get to a console and add a user manually, and get around it.

Shouldn't have to do this, though, honestly. This kit is aimed at beginners. Surely this sort of gotcha would have come up in testing...

-Michelle

[Carl Schaefer]

I had the same login issue when I upgraded Angstrom (i.e., the "MPD" and "XUSER" login names).  Thanks, Wilfredo, for the help.  This is what worked for me:

• Before you do anything, upgrade your packages:  "opkg upgrade" (I did not have to run "opkg update" first for this to work for me.  However, I think it makes sense to update the package list before upgrading.)
• The, run the command: "opkg install --force-reinstall angstrom-gdm-autologin-hack"
• Reboot

With wireless mouse/keyboard installed and monitor hooked up, the BBB boots into the Angstrom GUI as root.

Carl  

[New Guy, Old Man]

Wil, worked great!!! Thanks for your help!!!

 

Andrew

[Wilfredo Nieves]

No problem