> An hour ago I applied a number of updates to my Xubunu 13.10 laptop, but > deferred rebooting until I finished typing something in Greek. Having > done so I shut down LO Writer and rebooted. When the login screen came > back up it would not take my password, presumably because the keyboard > was still in Greek. > > I was able to log in as a guest, and the guest's keyboard was in > English (verified by typing something while logged in as guest), but > when I reboot JJJ still can't log in. I checked for the obvious (caps > lock is not on, etc.). On the Xfce login screen there is an icon in the > right side of the top panel that allows me to select the language, but > even after selecting US English, I still can't log in. > > Interestingly, if I leave the password blank I get an error message > that the password is wrong. I do not get this error message if I type > in my correct password. Therefore, I assume that I am typing in my > password correctly, but one of the updates broke something and Linux > now just recycles to the login screen instead of proceeding to the > desktop. > > I really need some suggestions, urgently!
If you have a Live System DVD you can boot off of that and then mount the file system. Take the password hash out of /etc/shadow, then reboot. You should have no password and you can just re-add it. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
