Password not recognized at login, HELP!

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Piriponzolo
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Iscritto: 02/19/2016

Hello to everyone!

I cannot entry normally into my notebook with the password (not accepted), how can I solve in order to not reinstall the OS Trisquel?

Magic Banana

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Iscritto: 07/24/2010

Do not reinstall Trisquel for that! Can you log in a terminal? To get such a terminal type Ctrl+Alt+F1, after the init. If you cannot, the password can still be changed through a live system and a 'chroot': https://trisquel.info/forum/locked-out-admin-log#comment-105213

Piriponzolo
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Iscritto: 02/19/2016

Hello,Magic Banana.
Thank you for the enteresting. I can get the terminal and have updated manually the OS, but, as in my question, I cannot entry normally into my notebook with the same password (not accepted).

Piriponzolo
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Iscritto: 02/19/2016

Magic Banana,
No error message regarding my password. After typing startx, I have received

xaut: timeout in locking authority file /home/myusername/.Xauthority

and after 15 seconds black screen