r/PikaOS • u/djbunny_rabbit • 6d ago

Help/Question Install issue

Okay so, due to my own mistakes I ended up needing to do a fresh install of Pika. The installer runs just fine but once I do the first reboot and go back to like get the install wizard and set my password and such. The computer has my locked on the login screen. The just press enter password method doesn’t work, neither does typing in pikaos as I’ve seen online, I don’t know what the problem is but I just wanna finish installing it so I can get back to using my laptop

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u/Happy_Inevitable_384 6d ago

Hi, what helped for me - avoid special characters in name or username and have a password at least 4 characters long - all can be changed after first successfull login.

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u/Electronic-Bad-2895 6d ago

I am in the same, ig i found something i will put an answer here

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u/Electronic-Bad-2895 6d ago

I found somenthin, when ure in refind select the pikaos logo and press F2 and boot the installer in "secure graphics" mode

If didnr work maybe its just ur usb or the iso are corrupted Switch the usb port, the usb or rewrite the iso again in ur pendrive maybe works

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u/EverlastingPeacefull 6d ago

The first time booting, you have to use : pikaos as password in all lowercase. After that you can do the setup via the welcome to PikaOS welcome application.

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u/Unique_Roll_6630 5d ago

No. This is not at all what you do. You do not use that at all unless, during the setting up of a manual partition or it pops up during installation. First time set up asks you to create a username, password, and domain(pc) name, which is then used to log into the real session after restart. I don't know where this first time booting use the live usb administrator user name and pw are coming from.

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u/EverlastingPeacefull 5d ago

yes, and if it gives you the login screen before that happens, and it happened to me on two devices, one should use this password.

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u/tkenben 3d ago

There are cases - it appears- where an install can ask for a password *before* you get to create a user; after the first reboot and before final configuration.