default passwords

Knowing which combinations you have tried would be useful or where you downloaded Debian from but I would have gone with it being the version below so

username: pi

password: raspberry

Hi Puze, good to meet you.

Passwords I have tried, in UID/Pass format and assuming I don't make a typo:

- pi/raspberry

- Pi/raspberry

- Pi/Raspberry

- pi/Raspberry

- root/root

There were a couple of others I saw on what I assumed to be a much older version that I cannot remember now.

Another interesting, to me anyway, feature about this process is that I initially connected an Apple keyboard and mouse, using the keyboard as a hub, to the RasPi.   Best I could tell as the screen scrolled by was that it was unhappy abouht the keyboard mouse.  Eventually I diconnected both and all went well until the UID/PASS.  Needed at least a keyboard for that, connected just the keyboard, and got to the point where I could not log in.

Larry

One thing to verify is that RasPi is accepting characters from your keyboard correctly.  Since the password is not echoed, try typing "raspberry" when it prompts for username just to make sure RasPi is receiving from your keyboard correctly.  It may be that Apple is remapping the keys in an Apple Standard way and confusing RasPi.  It's also possible that the USB is unreliable (usually due to an iffy power supply and/or micro USB cable or iffy X1 crystal soldering) which could cause it to miss or duplicate characters, so I recommend doing a quick username echo test.

If you're not sure which Debian you've downloaded, try the earlier combination username="pi" and password="suse".  I think this is right -- the RasPi Wiki Troubleshooting page isn't loading.  Yes, that's what the RasPi Wiki Troubleshooting page has if you don't blink and miss it :-).

On Raspbian's Wheezy, it's definitely

• Login:             pi
• Password:       raspberry

as I checked it just now.  And from memory, that's what it was on Squeeze too.  So if that's not working for you, then it's as John says, your keyboard is to blame and not your typing.

The Pi is a very odd critter, misbehaving silently when the choice of peripherals is not to its liking.  Almost always, that misbehaviour stems from the designers' choice to employ USB chargers in lieu of proper power supplies, coupled with the lack of proper power management on-board.  Odd things happen.

Hello Larry,

I used to use that distribution you have, and the combo is definitely pi / raspberry, both in all lower case.

It's a shame that that version of the distribution had SSH disabled by default, otherwise you could have used putty (if you are on windows) to have connected remotely from another computer to confirm or otherwise if the Pi is faulty.

As others have suggested, it could well be a keyboard that isn't working, or a power supply that isn't up to the job - make sure it is rated at least 700ma @ 5 volts, this should be printed somewhere on the charger itself.

Steve

i'm haveing trubol     HELP

Start with the RasPi Troubleshooting Wiki: http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Passwords

Which OS are you using?  For Raspbian "wheezy", enter username "pi" and password "raspberry", without the quotes.

When you enter username, is it echoing correctly?  This is a way to see if the keyboard is working properly.

Try entering the password for the username so it echoes.  Otherwise if there's a keyboard problem you won't see it.

Make sure you spell "raspberry" properly.  One user kept forgetting the "p".