Ubuntu desktop - can't login

[Colin Law]

In what way can you not login? Invalid password, accepts pwd but sends
you straight back to login, something else?
If you connect via ssh and
tail -f /var/log/syslog
then try to login via gui does it show anything in the tail?


Colin

On Wed, 1 Apr 2020 at 23:12, Alfredo De Luca <alfredo.deluca at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> HI all.
> I am running Ubuntu desktop  19.10 on my laptop. I did an upgrade a few hours ago and rebooted.
> Then when I try to login it doesn't allow me anymore.
> So I ssh the laptop with the same user and I can login then became root and create another account.
> Back on the laptop now I can login with the new user but cannot with the first user.
>
>
> Any idea? what is gone wrong and how to recover form it?
>
> Cheers
>
>
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> Alfredo
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