I hope I am not hijacking this bug. I am using my sonś laptop, which I set up with a fresh install of 10.04. It is also set up to automatically log him in since I do not use it very often. He is away so I am using it and can not log in - the username/password combo is correct (I have check cap lock too). If I try to do an update, which requires authentication and enter his password (he has not changed it), the update will not work. If I esc out of the auto login screen and manual log into his account with his password (or my own account) I get an authentication failure message.
I cannot make any changes under System>>Administration>>Users and Groups because none of the user/password combinations will work. I have no idea when this authentication issue started, because I was able to login when I first did the switch to 10.04 back in May. Please help! Side note: I did a fresh install of 10.04 on my daughterś laptop and regrettable chose the option to secure the hard drive (this step then gives a long pass code that must be saved upon first booting after installation). The result is I cannot set up automatic login - though I guess that would have defeated securing the computer anyway. Once I figured out the problem, I went back to requiring passwords to login and all is well...Iḿ glad there were two users or I would not have been able to login as well...there should be a warning with the installation for this security feature. I do not recall if I had made the same choice when setting up my sonś computer, but since his auto login works, I suspect I did not. -- [KM400]Haven't been able to execute normal gnome login since 10.04 installation; screen blanks then returns to login screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589520 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
