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What to do if a regular user forgets their password?​

If a regular user forgets their password, it can be reset using the root account. Follow these steps:

  1. Boot into the login screen, as shown below

  2. Press Ctrl + Alt + F3 (make sure to unlock the Fn key first) to switch to the tty3 terminal, as shown below:

  3. Log in with the username root and password. The default password is bianbu, as shown below:

  4. Run export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 to temporarily switch the terminal language to English and avoid character encoding issues:

  5. Run the command passwd username to change the user's password, for example, to reset the password for user bianbu, as shown below

  6. Press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to return to the login screen. You can now log in with the new password..

System Update​

Error when running apt update on Bianbu 1.0:​

invalid: EXPKEYSIG 0C1C275F85F3A22A Bianbu Repo Signing Key

Cause: Bianbu V1.0 has reached End of Life (EOL). Updates and maintenance have been discontinued.

Recommendation: It is strongly recommended to upgrade to Bianbu V2.0.

Upgrade Instructions: Please refer to the following resources:

Issues You May Encounter During Bianbu 2.0.x Upgrade​

Prompt: Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading​

Cause: Some installed packages are not consistent with the versions in the current software repository.

Solution:

  1. Run the command sudo apt upgrade to reinstall the versions from the source.

  2. Re-run the upgrade command do-release-upgrade -f DistUpgradeViewGtk3.

If the prompt Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading still appears, run apt list --upgradable to check for available updates. The possible package list and handling methods are as follows:

Package NameHandling Method
thunderbird-local-zh-cnTemporarily uninstall with sudo apt remove thunderbird-local-zh-cn
thunderbird-local-zh-cn-hansTemporarily uninstall with sudo apt remove thunderbird-local-zh-cn-hans

Feedback​

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  1. Submit issues on Gitee
  2. Developer Forum