ubuntu server 18.04 can't login

[Cupar19]

i just made a fresh install of ubuntu server, but when i go to boot it i am greeted with ubuntu 18.04 LTS localhost.localdomain tty1

localhost login:

 

i try using the username and password i entered during installation, but that didn't work it just gives

 

login incorrect

localhost.localdomain login:

 

i even tried re-installing ubuntu server but the same thing keeps happening

 

 

 

any ideas

[Electronics Wizardy]

this is probalby a bad username or password. Check capslock.

[Cupar19]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

this is probalby a bad username or password. Check capslock.

i have and i have tried the setup twice with 2 different username and passwords

[Tabs]

11 minutes ago, Cupar19 said:

i just made a fresh install of ubuntu server, but when i go to boot it i am greeted with ubuntu 18.04 LTS localhost.localdomain tty1

localhost login:

 

i try using the username and password i entered during installation, but that didn't work it just gives

 

login incorrect

localhost.localdomain login:

 

i even tried re-installing ubuntu server but the same thing keeps happening

 

 

 

any ideas

 

Have you changed locale/keyboard mapping? Any special characters in your password?

[Cupar19]

Just now, Tabs said:

 

Have you changed locale/keyboard mapping? Any special characters in your password?

$ and a capital but both of which type in the username box

[Tabs]

1 minute ago, Cupar19 said:

$ and a capital but both of which type in the username box

Interesting, you have a $ in your username? Have you tried a username that doesn't include special characters?

 

If it works without special characters, it's a bug you should report. The installer shouldn't allow you to enter any username that won't be accepted later when logging onto the system properly.

[Cupar19]

Just now, Tabs said:

Interesting, you have a $ in your username? Have you tried a username that doesn't include special characters?

 

If it works without special characters, it's a bug you should report. The installer shouldn't allow you to enter any username that won't be accepted later when logging onto the system properly.

no in pass

[Cupar19]

ill try without any capitals or special characters

 

[Cupar19]

i dont know if this is related but when installing this happens

[Cupar19]

nope just tried without special characters and it worked, but then after reboot doesnt

[toniopelo]

Sorry to reply this old thread but I have the exact same problem on Ubuntu server 20.04 and an old PC (HP elite 8200 SFF).

@Cupar19 did you find a solution to your problem ?

I have the exact same grub installation issue on the screenshot you posted as well (with value 0006,0000 instead of yours, but probably storage hardware dependent or something).

 

- Simple password didn't work

- Several attempts and always the same result

- Changed some stuff in the BIOS without success

 

Should I upgrade the BIOS, is it due to the oldness of the hardware ?

[toniopelo]

After upgrading the BIOS and doing some other crazy stuff, I finally bypassed my problem this way : https://askubuntu.com/a/957662/1592751

This is actually not a complete fix as the GRUB install still fails every time and the setup of Ubuntu is not complete (some third-party services I asked to be installed along ubuntu are not, I'll do it manually). But this allows me to use my computer with Ubuntu server at least and it seems to be functional.

For information I tried with Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS, same result.

[Master Disaster]

6 hours ago, toniopelo said:

After upgrading the BIOS and doing some other crazy stuff, I finally bypassed my problem this way : https://askubuntu.com/a/957662/1592751

This is actually not a complete fix as the GRUB install still fails every time and the setup of Ubuntu is not complete (some third-party services I asked to be installed along ubuntu are not, I'll do it manually). But this allows me to use my computer with Ubuntu server at least and it seems to be functional.

For information I tried with Ubuntu server 20.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS, same result.

Have you tried using EFI Boot MGR to purge all none required entries in the boot list? From the looks of that screenshot either the drive has loads of existing partitions which are causing an issue or its picking up none existent partitions, if your system says the same thing then whats the output when you type "sudo efibootmgr" in terminal?