login problem

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 16 November 2013 15:27, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> I meant using Ctrl-Alt-F3.
>
> Colin
>
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oh sorry- I should have know.   I know how to do that, what I do not know
how to do from there is list the files.

garyk
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