<HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="IncrediMail 1.0"> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE>  </HEAD> <BODY style="SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: ; SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: ; MARGIN: 5px 10px 0px; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: ; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: ; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: ; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: " background="" scroll=yes bgColor=#ffffff> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="POSITION: relative; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" id=INCREDITEXTREGION width="100%"> <DIV style="PADDING-LEFT: 2px" id=INCREDI_TEXT_AREA> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> 6. Re: Auto-logon failure (Colin Law)</DIV> <DIV> ----------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Message: 6</DIV> <DIV>Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 14:01:20 +0000</DIV> <DIV>From: Colin Law <<A href="mailto:clanlaw@googlemail.com">clanlaw@googlemail.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"</DIV> <DIV> <<A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Auto-logon failure</DIV> <DIV>Message-ID:</DIV> <DIV> <<A href="mailto:CAL=0gLs94oH867ukh8K1-Hae92TJNeDHZuhT490Ztfo1ZLvBhA@mail.gmail.com">CAL=0gLs94oH867ukh8K1-Hae92TJNeDHZuhT490Ztfo1ZLvBhA@mail.gmail.com</A>></DIV> <DIV>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On 6 January 2013 13:31, <A href="mailto:tehrhart@kc.rr.com">tehrhart@kc.rr.com</A> <<A href="mailto:tehrhart@kc.rr.com">tehrhart@kc.rr.com</A>> wrote:</DIV> <DIV>> I am running a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LST.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Can you confirm that this is a normal ubuntu 12.04 with the default</DIV> <DIV>window managers and so on?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not sure what you are asking.</DIV> <DIV>I have 12.04 installed on a separate HD and my GRUB loader asks which system to load.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> When starting Linux, system asks for password to logon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do you get a graphic logon screen which shows your username and asks</DIV> <DIV>for password?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yes, a graphic logon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> Have always ran with auto-logon before this time.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> System rejects my password.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> Going to terminal mode, I can logon with the same password and it is</DIV> <DIV>> accepted.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> When I start the system in Recovery mode, I can change password.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When you start in Recovery mode do you get the same graphic logon</DIV> <DIV>screen as in normal mode, but it then then accepts the password?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>No, I am working in terminal mode. It never goes to graphic.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Colin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> Going back to normal startup, the password is rejected again.</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> How can I set the system back to auto-logon and where do I look for the file</DIV> <DIV>> with the</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> Clobbered password?</DIV> <DIV>></DIV> <DIV>> --</DIV> <DIV>> ubuntu-users mailing list</DIV> <DIV>> <A href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A></DIV> <DIV>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=center></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BODY></HTML>