Im attempting to get away from Micro$oft and Windows by switching over to CachyOS. I’ve downloaded and installed CachyOS desktop edition from the ISO onto a VM. When CachyOS boots up for the 1st time, I am presented with a login prompt for “liveuser” . What is the default password? leaving the password field blank and clicking enter on the keyboard doesnt work. The password “fish” doesnt work. The password “liveuser” doesnt work. The password “cachyos” doesnt work. The password “CachyOS” doesnt work. Please advise as this default password is not listed anywhere in the cachyos faq, on the download page or anywhere on the internet for that matter.
Ran into the same exact issue. Freshly downloaded ISO & set up into a bootable usb with Rufus.
Fixed it by choosing nvidia open drivers option in the grub menu. The default CachyOS option prompted to the same screen as the OP.
The password is live
There shouldn’t be any password, can you login while leaving that field blank?
leaving the field blank does not work. The password “live” does not work. Selecting either the default cachyos option or the nvidia open drivers option does not work in the grub menu. Entering the user root with a blank password does not work either in this overlay screen. I am able to get to a command line interface by clicking ctrl + alt + f2 and am able to login in as root with a blank password. I am using Windows 10 hyper-v and created a VM for CachyOS. I have successfully created an Ubuntu VM with no issues with windows 10 and hyper-v. Is CachyOS compatible with running on a VM? If so, is it possible that there is something “off” with the latest .iso file? The issue appears to be related to this “overlay” screen that the initial cachyOS setup is defaulting to before fully loading. I watched a dozen or so youtube videos on people setting up CachyOS. None of them had this liveuser overlay screen before getting to the actual CachyOS config screen where you setup a username/password etc…
Hey man, ran into this exact same issue, seem to have gotten past it just by switching to Wayland in the bottom left of the login interface, then clicking login with no password entered. After this booted to the normal installer, hope this helps!
Hi Mike,
I run into the same problem.
The only solution was recommended by Grom
Click on Desktop Session, bottom left and change to Wayland. Click on login, no need for password, just leave it empty. Wait a few minutes until you see Cachyos Hello. Click on Installation then on launch installer. You need 3 Gb cache minimum. You are all set