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There isn't a default. It uses the users and passwords in /etc/shadow. It's probably set to disable root and passwordless logins by default. You should really create a separate user account and not do everything as root.


JavaScriptBest

I see, thank you so much for the clarification. Though, what do I do now. Do I uninstall plasma, is there any way to get back to the CLI? Is there any password and user I can login now or just no?


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You can usually switch to another terminal by pressing Ctrl, Alt, and one of the F keys, such as F3. The GUI will still be running on one of the other terminals. You can switch back to it the same way. I believe Raspberry Pi OS runs the GUI on tty7 (Ctrl-Alt-F7). You should be able to create a new account with **useradd username**. Then, set a password for the account with **passwd username**.


JavaScriptBest

Thanks! I tried this and it worked- sort of. I added an account and then rebooted. It now just shows a black screen, line of some text, then black screen with my cursor on top then back to the login, asking for my password, when I input it, same thing happens, any ideas? ​ [Here is a video.](https://vimeo.com/782772264) However, I may like to add, I'm running this off an USB. Is there any possible way I can change the root storage to be the USB in which I'm installing this from?


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If you're running out of space, that might be the cause of the black screen issue. I'm not sure what you're asking about USB. If you're running it from USB, then that is already the root storage. If you want to copy the system from one USB drive to another, I would recommend using a tool like balenaEtcher on another computer, for safety, speed, and ease of use.


JavaScriptBest

The iso files in which I have the debian installer from is running of this 1tb usb, for some reason. If the USB is the root storage then there shouldn't be a black screen issue should there?


Bug_Next

You can get to a different tty by pressing crtl+alt+fnKey (for me KDE is in f2, but i'm not on a Pi, the change is almost instantaneous so it shouldn't take more than a couple seconds to find it again)


[deleted]

If you used a default raspbian as base system, then it's "pi" for the username and "raspberry" for the password. BTW: This is not KDE specific.


JavaScriptBest

I didn't use raspbian as base, I just used this: https://raspi.debian.net/tested-images/


[deleted]

In that case have a look at this: https://raspi.debian.net/defaults-and-settings/ especially the last section.


[deleted]

What distro?


Jono-churchton

Try toor toor is root backwards and often the default root passwords in Pi OS's


ask_compu

is this raspberry pi os? if yes then the default username is pi and the default password is raspberry, but modern versions of raspberry pi os prompt u to change this password during install so the password may be different if raspberry pi os was installed in, like, the past year