login problem

[Colin Law]

On 16 November 2013 15:43, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
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>> On 16 November 2013 15:27, 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>
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>> >> On 13 November 2013 18:05, Gary Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
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>> >> > 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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>> I meant using Ctrl-Alt-F3.
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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.

Type
ls
to see a list of files/folders in your home folder. (ls = list)
though if it has managed to log you in then I am sure they will be there.

Colin