On Mon, 2015-09-21 at 02:31 -0700, ray wrote: > Another approach I tried was to log in as root (I did not expect that > to work). So I issued: > passwd <user>. > I responded to the two password queries and received a success > signal. I would expect that to solve the issue. > > After logging off, I attempted to log in with the updated password. > It failed. The logon screen came up, I entered the user name and > password. But it did not fail immediately, the screen went black > like it was going to initiate the session, then came back with the > two fields blank. If I input a wrong entry, it usually just stays on > the same screen, blanks out the password field, and throws an error > message right above the password field stating it was a wrong > password. Are you sure that it's a problem with the password? It sound like your display manager might be crashing when you login. Have you tried logging on from the console or using SSH? -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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