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

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    As in, you can type in the password but when you submit it, the login page says it’s the wrong password? Or as in you can’t get the password box to accept foucs? Or as in when it has focus and you press a key, it doesn’t add dots to the box indicating you’ve typed in a character.

    The KDE Neon machine I have to use for work does the last of these. But I’ve got two monitors. My workaround is to go log in on the other monitor. And that works, somehow. Weird, and a bit of a pain, but it works for me.

    If you meant the first of these, it’s possible you’ve just entered the wrong password enough times that it locked you out for 10-ish minutes.

    • joel_feila@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Ctrl+shift+f3 Then user name and sudo password

      That changes the promt to username$.

      Then i ran sudo pkcon update. Several people had this problem and all the others solutins uses comands I couldn’t understand but this one i did.

      It worked*.

      I can log in but my desktop settings are the default now. But atleast i lost no files.

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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        6 months ago

        It’s a shame you ignored the questions you were replying you. It could help someone see if they have the same problem to know if they should try your solution.

          • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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            6 months ago

            As in, you can type in the password but when you submit it, the login page says it’s the wrong password? Or as in you can’t get the password box to accept focus? Or as in when it has focus and you press a key, it doesn’t add dots to the box indicating you’ve typed in a character?

            Not accepting password can mean any of this, or something else. You said what you did to fix it but you didn’t say what was the actual problem you had.

  • 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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      6 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