login problem

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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How do I display those?  I have a $ doing control/alt/f2.  I tried tail
-f/.xsession-errors  and says no such file.

tailf //var/log/syslog which says "incorrect wrapping key for
/home/gary10/.encryptfs/wrapped-passphrase and "error adding passprhase
keytoken.

Tried /var/log/Xorg.0,log and could not find.

This computer has 13.04 on it in sda5 and here it is 12.04 on sda7.  I am
trying to install 12.04 on sda5.  The present one has seen little use and I
can use it logging in as a second user so we should not spend a lot of time
on this.  I would install on sda5 only as to not have a funny arrangement
on the harddisk, eg an unusable o.s. to the 'left' of the one I can use on
sda7.  I have another inquiry in about the one on sda5 as having trouble
with install.


garyk
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