On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:10:49 +1030 Tim via users <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2026-01-09 at 15:23 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > A system that has been sitting for a while (so no recent upgrade) > > rejects its password. Reset to simple 8-character, no joy. Caps > > lock is not active. Any thoughts? > > Different country keyboard layout? (So what you think you're typing > in one spot is actually different when typed in elsewhere.) I > suppose you could try setting a completely numerical password to test > that in a simple manner. > > Are you logging into a terminal or graphical desktop? > > At times when I couldn't log in, it was due to a wonky key on my > keyboard. *SOMETIMES* it *IS* very handy to be able to see what > you're typing when entering passwords (especially when setting them, > and sometimes when logging in). > New laptop, so no change to the keyboard and unlikely, tho not impossible bad keys. Environment is XFCE4/X11 Thanks. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
