On Saturday 03 August 2019 03:55:32 Curt wrote: > On 2019-08-03, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote: > > Or maybe its ssh thats using the new way, and xfce4 has not caught > > up. I > > https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg745969.ht >ml > > You're using lightdm as a display manager (graphical login)? > > If so > > sudo tail -f /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.log > > as well as the contents of > > /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log > > might provide some clue. > > > haven't a clue whats changed, but it did work several times, then > > stopped. Completely changing my passwd from this ssh login worked, > > I backed out and tried it, worked as expected from ssh, but is still > > rejected from its own keyboard, so I changed it back. ?? What > > library does that? Is there a version jump that arm did, but got > > miss installed? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett I should add that the login greeter looks complete and normal. I could supply a pix but 2x problems, my camera outputs 4.5 megabyte jpg's, and it looks completely normal, until I hit return at the end of the pw, or click on the login button. I trolled thru the /var/log/apt/history.log.1.gz, which of course starts with the netinstall stuff. The first thing I installed after discovering I had a text login, was xfce4 that pulled in several hundred dependencies. Rebooted, had x login. Opened a konsole and did: sudo apt install synaptic build-essential. That also pulled in at least 100 dependencies. Expected. The reboot after that failed to accept my pw, and has been failing since. Those logs could be supplied but are locked down pretty tightly. I'd have to install mc and mc-data before I could copy them someplace where I could attach them to an email. But I'd druther not destroy the scene of the crime just yet. You tell me... history.log.1.gz I was able to move with thunar. But while I did move the history to my home dir, where I should have been able to fetch it over sshnet mounts, the first use on picnc is no longer pi, but gene, and not even root can touch that mountpoint. Ahh, finally got it. Attached. Now if the server doesn't strip it. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
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