[SOLVED] Mint not recognizing my password

[catalin-ch]

I had my laptop in sleep mode overnight and when I started it it didn't recognize my password. I write the password, press enter and a black screen with some scripts appears for a second or so then the login page comes back. I didn't change my password and I am positive I enter it correctly. Also when I go to the upper right corner from the login screen and try to shut down or restart, nothing happens so I need to force shut down. I am able to login as root (i have the same password for root and my normal user btw) or guest, but not as my normal user.

Anything I can do other than reinstalling the OS? I don't want to lose my files! I am using Mint 12 Lisa.

[oobetimer]

It is not a password-problem. X-server is falling down, so you could try to login gnome-classic mode (if you have it installed). An another way to solve the problem, is to boot to the recovery mode and repair X-server settings (there should be an option).

[catalin-ch]

It is not a password-problem. X-server is falling down, so you could try to login gnome-classic mode (if you have it installed). An another way to solve the problem, is to boot to the recovery mode and repair X-server settings (there should be an option).

Thanks. I tried gnome classic and mate from the login screen but same thing happens. How do I boot in recovery mode, I don't see any options and how do i repair the X-server?

[oobetimer]

It is not a password-problem. X-server is falling down, so you could try to login gnome-classic mode (if you have it installed). An another way to solve the problem, is to boot to the recovery mode and repair X-server settings (there should be an option).

Thanks. I tried gnome classic and mate from the login screen but same thing happens. How do I boot in recovery mode, I don't see any options and how do i repair the X-server?

The boot menu should appear when you are pressing a shift key at the boot moment. There should be a selecting-box where are the choises.

[catalin-ch]

It is not a password-problem. X-server is falling down, so you could try to login gnome-classic mode (if you have it installed). An another way to solve the problem, is to boot to the recovery mode and repair X-server settings (there should be an option).

Thanks. I tried gnome classic and mate from the login screen but same thing happens. How do I boot in recovery mode, I don't see any options and how do i repair the X-serve

The boot menu should appear when you are pressing a shift key at the boot moment. There should be a selecting-box where are the choises.

Ok I got to the recovery menu but my options are

resume
fsck
remount
root

Nothing about the X server.

[oobetimer]

You can do it via root prompt also. Drop yourself to root and give commands

Xorg -configure
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
exit

Then resume and give your login-name and password when they will be asked and start X using command startx

[catalin-ch]

When I enter Xorg -configure it returns Fatal server error.

[oobetimer]

When I enter Xorg -configure it returns Fatal server error.

More secure is more difficult ..

On the boot menu press e-key and edit the boot parameters, removing ro quiet splash and adding rw single. F10 key boots you to the single mode.

In the single mode make commands

Xorg -configure
cp /root/xorg.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot

[catalin-ch]

When I enter Xorg -configure it returns Fatal server error.

More secure is more difficult ..

On the boot menu press e-key and edit the boot parameters, removing ro quiet splash and adding rw single. F10 key boots you to the single mode.

In the single mode make commands

Xorg -configure
cp /root/xorg.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot

Xorg -configure returns something ending with Configuration failed and Closing log
cp /root/xorg.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf returns "cp: cannot stat '/root/xorg.new' : No such file or directory"

[catalin-ch]

Update: I installed Mint 13 Maya leaving /home untouched but I still have the same problem. Do to more explicit prompts I understand now that what happens is that I am being logged in then immediately logged out and that I might be due to low disk space. I did get a low disk space warning recently. How can I fix it without reformatting /home? Would resizing the partitions help?

[oobetimer]

Xorg -configure returns something ending with Configuration failed and Closing log
cp /root/xorg.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf returns "cp: cannot stat '/root/xorg.new' : No such file or directory"

You could make /etc/X11/xorg.conf file by hand (eg. via liveCD) or single root mode. Something like that could work:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

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PS. Command lspci | grep VGA tells your video card.

[catalin-ch]

Nope it was a disk space issue. I booted on gparted and used it to make some space on my /home partition and that solved the issue. Thanks for your help.

[tomek_wap]

Ive had that last night too.

All i did was: process mint update and edited "resume" with UUID for swap (but no value was changed as it was correct) - just saved the file.

After reboot had the same problem, entering correct password black screen appeared with "scrips" or something, but not even pause worked to check what was wrong there.

After google'ing up, ive decided to give it a try with installing gnome ... it was there, but it installed anyway.

Used command: sudo apt-get install gnome

And it worked
So really i dont know what happened before the reboot.

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