stuck at 'login' in startup

Do you know what Distribution it is, some have different Username - Password combinations. Arch Linux is root/root.

Steve

also, do you have a network connection and is the clock set ?  difficult to know if the clock is set if you can't log-in I realise, but lots of distros will have time-based expiry of user accounts - or at least of passwords - so if you've not used it for a while...

the root login shouldn't be subject to these sorts of time based lockouts, so as Steve suggests try the root login.

Thanks for your reply. I'm afraid I'm still a novice and don't have any idea what is meant by Distribution. I'm using the OS boot card supplied by Farnell with the rpi they seem to have sent to everybody around April last year.

Thanks for your reply. I did connect to the internet but can't tell about clock set. Please explain in a simple way how to do a rootlogin. My technical knowledge of programs etc. is nearly zero.

just like any other login, but with username: root   password:  something   however if you don't know the root password then you still can't complete the login.

Possibly it's easier to go to http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads get a new image and put it on your card ?  Of course that's assuming there's nothing you can't afford to lose on the current one.

Your password might be suse.

The very early versions of the OS had a username/password of pi/suse,

which was changed later to pi/raspberry.

Some people also have trouble with the spelling of raspberry,

or have a keyboard that is not configured properly for their region

of the world that makes it difficult to correctly type raspberry.

Since the password isn't visible when you type it, you can

type raspberry when it asks for your username just to be sure

it is being received correctly, then retry with pi as the login name.

A distribution usually refers to one of the various versions of

the Linux OS, such as Debian or ArchLinux.  Each distribution

has its own login/password.  The latest recommended version

of the OS is called raspbian.

coder27 wrote:

 

Your password might be suse.

The very early versions of the OS had a username/password of pi/suse,

really ?  I'd never have known that.. I went straight to Arch and never looked back, and the same default arch login is still working just fine on the Arch image I just put on my new olinuxino.

did anyone ever put suse onto the pi ?  or was that just a deliberately confusing choice of password ?

http://sarahs-muse.livejournal.com/1334035.html

I have no idea why the confusing choice of password.

Perhaps to make it difficult to guess, and easy to type.

Version 2 of the "Getting Started" guide, dated April 19, 2012,

notes the change in password.

http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-44935/l/getting-started-with-your-raspberry-pi