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On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 10:56:43AM +0100, Neil Winchurst wrote: > I have a laptop with two versions of Xubuntu on it, 13.04 and 13.10. I > am preparing to upgrade to version 14.04, so I need to make sure to > backup some of the old files. > > Today I tried to log on to v 13.04 and I keep getting a message that > the password is wrong. I have made absolutely sure that it is not > wrong. Also my wife is set up as a user on this version too, and her > log on is rejected for the same reason. > > At first I thought a grub problem. So I tried to log on to version > 13.10 and that has the same problem. Now, as far as I know, each > version has its own grub file and log on set up. So there must be > something else going on. > > Can anyone suggest where to look next please? Could it be that the password uses special characters, and the keyboard has been changed to a different lay-out, say to a US one? Just find some box where you can enter text - the username field should do - and enter your password, to see if it appears as you would expect. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq