login problem

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:20 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.
>
> Can you login as guest?
>
> When you login via terminal can you see your files ok?
>
> Colin



Yes can login as guest.  When you say login via terminal, where would I
login from?  Not aware of how to login from terminal, I guess that's the
problem.


garyk
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