CLDX 23 installer does not accept root password definition
 

Hi! I am trying to install Calculate Linux from Live Installer CLDX 23 but when I reach the stage of defining the root password I keep getting a warning message:and the installer won't let me proceed.

I have done my best trying to come up with strong passwords containing all of uppercase, lowercase, digits and "symbols" whatever that may mean in this context. I suppose some subset of the set of special characters, but just this is a bit too vague.

My latest attempt wasand it was not accepted.

The solution reported at the Calculate-Linux forum thread https://forum.calculate-linux.org/t/...-setup/11397/6, namely using just upper case, lower case and digits with no "symbol characters" has not worked for me.

I am running the installer in swedish with a swedish keyboard and have noticed that“Caps Lock” is not working under CLDX-23 Live. “Shift” seems to work allright. “Caps Lock” is working normally under other Linux distros in the same machine (it is a multiboot desktop).

I tested the installer on another machine and it was the same symptoms all the way.

What must I do?

If this prompt appears after installing a working system to the drive, maybe you could try changing to a different tty, chmod into the system and use useradd and gpasswd to set this manually.

Thanks for your - 1 out of 187 ! - interest in being helpful.

Unfortunately the installer stops me from proceeding without defining the root password. And when it allows me to proceed without that error it asks me for a guest password and then stops me there.

I am not sure whether it stops me by not offering a place where to input the guest password or whether it expects me to input it to the same "root password" where I did input the root password and then refuses to accept whatever I input there.

But thanks indeed !

There is also the possibility to install Calculate Linux via an assisted command line installer.
https://wiki.calculate-linux.org/ins...n_console_mode
If the GUI installer has already done the partitioning and mounted the drives, I guess you can skip that part.

(use crtl + alt + [number] to change to a different tty)

Thanks again dosensuppe.

I did try installing from console also, but got another kind of problem, as in https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...27-4175723909/ (cl-install-cannot-overwrite-non-directory-%27-run-calculate-mount-install-var-calculate-bin)

These two errors have occurred both in two "Core 2 Duo" machines as well as in an "Intel i5" machine which has been swiftly running an updated installation of the 22 version for quite a while. I have not had Calculate installed on any "Core 2 Duo" but I have run the Live USB version successfully in two of them.

I am waiting for a newer version of the iso now. The one I have is from December 28, 2022.

Maybe provide some information?
Which command did you issue that this error occured. It looks to me like you specified a wrong directory?

I have finally succeeded to install with a newer version (mars-april of this year). Excuse me for such late reply.