login problem

[Colin Law]

On 13 November 2013 18:05, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd forgotten the password on an old installation of ubuntu 12.04.  I
> changed the password but now when I log in with the new password the screen
> goes black and returns to the login.  When I control/alt/F3 I can log in
> using the new password.

After attempting to login is there anything interesting in
.xsession-errors or /var/log/syslog or /var/log/Xorg.0,log?

Colin