Ubuntu 17.10 won't accept correct password
I have been using Artful for a month and nothing like this has happened before. All of a sudden my (correct) login password won't get accepted. The login screen reappears after having turned to black. I have tried resetting my password via grub, but when I try logging in the same thing happens; the new password won't be accepted and after a moment or two I am prompted to log in again. I read on a website removing some of the installed kernels might help. Is this true? What exacly is wrong with my system here?
P.S. I don't have an Xauthority file.
@janasaiarun I ran the df -hl command and this is the output:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GKGq.jpg)
17.10
asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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I have been using Artful for a month and nothing like this has happened before. All of a sudden my (correct) login password won't get accepted. The login screen reappears after having turned to black. I have tried resetting my password via grub, but when I try logging in the same thing happens; the new password won't be accepted and after a moment or two I am prompted to log in again. I read on a website removing some of the installed kernels might help. Is this true? What exacly is wrong with my system here?
P.S. I don't have an Xauthority file.
@janasaiarun I ran the df -hl command and this is the output:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GKGq.jpg)
17.10
asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
62
Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do adf -hlto check you have space available.
– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19
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I have been using Artful for a month and nothing like this has happened before. All of a sudden my (correct) login password won't get accepted. The login screen reappears after having turned to black. I have tried resetting my password via grub, but when I try logging in the same thing happens; the new password won't be accepted and after a moment or two I am prompted to log in again. I read on a website removing some of the installed kernels might help. Is this true? What exacly is wrong with my system here?
P.S. I don't have an Xauthority file.
@janasaiarun I ran the df -hl command and this is the output:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GKGq.jpg)
17.10
asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
62
I have been using Artful for a month and nothing like this has happened before. All of a sudden my (correct) login password won't get accepted. The login screen reappears after having turned to black. I have tried resetting my password via grub, but when I try logging in the same thing happens; the new password won't be accepted and after a moment or two I am prompted to log in again. I read on a website removing some of the installed kernels might help. Is this true? What exacly is wrong with my system here?
P.S. I don't have an Xauthority file.
@janasaiarun I ran the df -hl command and this is the output:
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GKGq.jpg)
17.10
17.10
asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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edited Mar 12 '18 at 13:24
Gregor
asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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asked Mar 11 '18 at 6:10
GregorGregor
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Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do adf -hlto check you have space available.
– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19
|
show 3 more comments
Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do adf -hlto check you have space available.
– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19
Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do a
df -hl to check you have space available.– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do a
df -hl to check you have space available.– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19
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If keyboard is a problem, you can try Onscreen keyboard.
You can also change keyboard layout, by clicking the upper bar icon.
answered Dec 31 '18 at 14:56
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You can also change keyboard layout, by clicking the upper bar icon.
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You can also change keyboard layout, by clicking the upper bar icon.
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Try wrong credentials. Same result?
– davidbaumann
Mar 11 '18 at 6:27
login with virtual consoles. Ctrl+Alt+F1. enter your username and password
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 6:34
I agree with @janasaiarun. It's possibly not an unaccepted password (which will cause an error message telling you you entered an incorrect password), but could be your /home directory is full and temporary files needed by gui can't be created (which is detected, then login fails and you are returned to login screen without any message). Alternative conditions (permissions etc) are possible to, but they'd because you installed or changed something; running out of disk space is easily overlooked until login fails. Login using term and do a
df -hlto check you have space available.– guiverc
Mar 11 '18 at 7:36
@guiverc i guess his gui is corrupted. thats what happen to me a lot of times.
– janasaiarun
Mar 11 '18 at 7:57
I had once the bug that my keyboard layout was not used but the american qwerty was used instead. So I had to learn to type my password from an american layout although mine wasn't, in order to log in and then fix the bug.
– Johannes Lemonde
Mar 11 '18 at 8:19