[BlueOnyx:07743] Re: Installed BlueOnyx tarball and can't login

[Jeremy McFarland]

Yeah this is more of a nostalgia project really.

I'm pretty sure it had something to do with the BX install not going
as planned that locked me out of the box. I'll tinker with it and see
if I can't get it working. If not, not a huge deal.

Thanks for the help.

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Chuck Tetlow <chuck at tetlow.net> wrote:
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Jeremy McFarland <mcfarland.jeremy at gmail.com>
> To: blueonyx at blueonyx.it
> Sent: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:56:13 -0700
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:07728]  Installed BlueOnyx tarball and can't login
>
>> I installed BlueOnyx on my RaQ4r, it went through the install script
>> and once it was finished I closed my SSH session. I open a browser, go
>> to my ip and there's not a login directory.
>>
>> Now I can't seem to SSH in because it either disabled SSH root and
>> didn't create admin or it changed the root password on me. I tried
>> both root and admin with the password admin and the password blueonyx
>> but no combinations of those seem to work.
>>
>> Any help would be awesome as to what the PW might be?
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> I think I see one problem......
>
>> I installed BlueOnyx on my RaQ4r,
>
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> That's like going to Apple and asking they why your brand-new, fancy IPOD
> won't plug in and work with the original radio in your '56 Chevy!  Or asking
> Micro$oft why their fancy Windows7 won't run on your Tandy1000!
>
> Running new software like BX on antique hardware is always going to have
> problems.  And asking the volunteer developers who help us maintain that
> software isn't fair.  While some might like the challenge of getting it to
> work - many will have so much on their plate already that they don't have
> time to work on "fun projects".
>
> A suggestion - find a old desktop that has been replaced as "obsolete".
> Load and test BX on that.  You'll find it runs a lot better than a old
> RAQ4.  I've got a garage full of old PCs, and they work great as test boxes.
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> Chuck
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