Password not recognized -

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 15:51 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 10/06/14 14:05, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-10-06 at 12:48 -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
> > wrote:
> >> I've "fixed the problem" by eliminating the login gui and reverting to
> >> a
> >> "runlevel 3" type text boot screen. I prefer that anyway.
> >>
> >> This morning's update also wiped out my preferred copy/paste by
> >> highlightinh the text to be copied, that had to be restored too.
> >>
> >> Bob
> > I updated today and haven't seen the password issue. Can you login using
> > the console and check your journal? Can you also create a new user and
> > see if the issue persists. Last question - upgrade from F20 or a fresh
> > install?
> >
> > Can you check the yum logs to see what packages are updated?
> >
> >
> 
> [root at box7 bobg]# less /var/log/yum.log shows the following for this 
> morning. The computer was idle until the reboot about six hours later. I 
> always check to avoid discovering problems when later when it may be 
> inconvenient.
> 
> > Oct 06 04:31:47 Updated: lightdm-gobject-1.10.2-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:48 Updated: p11-kit-0.22.0-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:48 Installed: lightdm-gtk-common-1.8.5-6.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:49 Updated: lightdm-gtk-1.8.5-6.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:49 Updated: lightdm-1.10.2-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:50 Updated: p11-kit-trust-0.22.0-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:50 Updated: albatross-gtk3-theme-1.7.3-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:51 Updated: at-3.1.16-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:51 Updated: bluebird-gtk3-theme-1.2-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:52 Updated: btrfs-progs-3.16.2-1.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:53 Updated: albatross-xfwm4-theme-1.7.3-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:53 Updated: bluebird-xfwm4-theme-1.2-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:54 Updated: dnf-0.6.2-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:54 Updated: albatross-gtk2-theme-1.7.3-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:55 Updated: iproute-3.16.0-3.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:55 Updated: bluebird-gtk2-theme-1.2-1.fc21.noarch
> > Oct 06 04:31:56 Updated: gdb-7.8-24.fc21.x86_64
> > Oct 06 04:31:57 Updated: yumex-3.0.16-1.fc21.noarch
> 
> This was a new install from the XFCE Live Spin. It does not look like a 
> password issue to me since I could login via ssh from another computer 
> and by using another console.
> 
> Ok, now I have restored the "graphical.default" so it logs in from the 
> GUI again. Log in from bobg and root fails, as well as a new user I just 
> added "rfg".
> 
> I had to start xfce from another console to complete this which I am 
> writing from the Fedora 21a computer, a Dell 755 with 6 gigs of ram, all 
> the DDR@ strips I had. But this has always been a "good" computer ...

Look at the logs from the current boot around the time you tried to log
in graphically. You should see some kind of error indicating what's
going wrong with the graphical login.
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