login problem

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Can you login as guest?
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>> When you login via terminal can you see your files ok?
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>> Colin
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> 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.
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> garyk
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found this

http://oakdome.com/k5/tutorials/ubuntu/login-to-ubuntu-as-root-the-answer.php

garyk
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