Solved. I was able to run sudo pkcon update and that fixed it. I can log in now but the desktop is rest to system defaults

I updates my distro, kde neon. The login screen changed and now it will not accept my password. I have checked caplocls, numlock, all that. It is the only password i set for it will not take it. I have no other usera on my pc so i cant just login as someone else.

What password is looking for, why is the password i used to login this morning not working?

Summary Distro kde neon Problem logon screen not accepting password

  • fl42v@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    Well, you might’ve entered the password incorrectly a few times, and then faiilock faillocked the account. Can be fixed by going to another tty (e.g. Ctrl+alt+f3), logging in as root and faillock --reset --user your_username_here. If that doesn’t help, that’s probably neon’s issue (mb they messed up pam stuff or something).

    On a side note, KDE neon is not exactly stable for daily driving, I’d suggest switching to another distro that’s not meant for testing recent KDE stuff

    • joel_feila@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Yeah i woyld have entered right the second time. Numlock was off and it is a simple pass. The best i can tell is kde issued a buggy update to their de. Thats why the logon screen looked different and why issueing an update comand fixed it but reset my desktop settings.

      Hopping over to mint tomorrow