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I updated my Ubuntu to 15.10 (Wily werewolf).

Presently, the screen shows:

Ubuntu 15.10 Karaktah7 ttyl

Karaktah7 login:_

I set up the name of the computer as Karaktah7. But how can I can get in?

Byte Commander
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    Did you set a password when you installed? Have you tried simply pressing 'Enter'? – Adam Hayes Mar 09 '16 at 11:15
  • I did, it reproduced what I put up in the original question a second time! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 11:50
  • What do you mean by updated? Installed from scratch? Upgraded? In the first case, you have had to set up new credentials. In the second case, your credentials remain in place. Also, you can try GUI login, using CTRL+ALT+F7 –  Mar 09 '16 at 11:52
  • It was an update, the system came preinstalled with 14.04 I believe. Will try the GUI login! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 12:04
  • No response, insertion point just keeps blinking! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 12:05

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You enter your user name to the login: prompt and press Enter.

Then it will ask for your Password: and you enter that password. Confirm with Enter again.
Note that the password input is silent, that means no characters (not even *) will be displayed while you type.

Now you have a console login. It's simply a terminal, no GUI.
As that's probably not what you want, you now have the chance to investigate the cause of your problem why the GUI login screen (lightdm) does not show up.

A good way to start would probably be to run sudo systemctl start graphical.target (command to load the full GUI including login screen for releases using systemd) and observe whether it outputs any error messages.

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  • I've done those but I get a reply of login incorrect. I am not really sure I set up a username; I remember during the set up process for this system, I was required to enter a name for the computer when talking to other computers and for itself as well as a password but I don't remember a username request. Also, this is my first experience with UBUNTU, maybe I missed something? – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 12:02
  • You were asked for a hostname, username and password on the same dialogue window: example image – Byte Commander Mar 09 '16 at 13:08
  • Yes I do remember the (example image). Is there anyway I can reset the system or retrieve these details? Thanks a lot for your help so far! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 14:07
  • You can boot to a recovery mode root shell without entering a password by following the steps described here. Follow the first answer to reset your password. You will find out the name of the user you created during the installation with the command getent passwd 1000 | cut -d: -f1. Run it after the mount and before the passwd command described in the linked guide. – Byte Commander Mar 09 '16 at 14:50
  • Okay, so I read most of what was written in the link you gave, held down shift since it's a single boot system and a page showed up having on its list Advanced options for Ubuntu. I clicked on that, and saw a second menu with the kinda stuff mentioned on the link you gave but instead of recovery, it was given as safe mode. I still selected that and it ran through some command instructions and the stopped on the page I have been seeing from the get go only the insertion point was at the beginning of Karaktah7 login: I'm stuck! Sos!!! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 17:00
  • Nobody describes encountering safe mode only recovery mode! – Otu Bassey Mar 09 '16 at 17:03
  • I guess "safe mode" or "recovery mode" is the same and just a translation difference. However, I don't really understand how you proceeded. You should get a menu where you can select root - drop to a root shell or similar. This should take you to a command prompt looking like root@computername:~#, not to a login screen. Please clarify, you can upload screenshots to https://imgur.com and add the links here if needed. – Byte Commander Mar 09 '16 at 18:51