On 19 Jun 2024, at 18:25, Michael Hennebry <hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:

I try to login: click on the user and type in my password.
F40 just goes back to the select a user screen.

You could login at a console and eliminate the gui as a problem.

Type alt-ctrl-f3 to get a console.

You could use the process to reset a forgotten root password

Barry