On Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:56:15 +0530
Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello,

I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE
using the expert installation option. The installation was
successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I attempt
to boot in, it enters the window manager, but I get no response with
my username and password, and there are no error messages displayed.

You get no response at all? If you entered the wrong name or password,
you should get a noticeable error message and the opportunity to try
again.

I’m certain I’m using the correct username and password. After researching online, I found that there might be an issue with the `.Xauthority` file. Is this the real issue persists?

I have no idea. Did your research indicate a solution? However, on the
off chance that it is the culprit, my copy:

charles@jhegaala:~$ ll .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 charles charles 377 Oct 10 13:55 .Xauthority
charles@jhegaala:~$

My system files are located on `nvme0n1`, not the usual `sda` or
`sdb`.

I doubt that is related to your problem.

Can you help me resolve this issue?

Try shifting to a console, and logging in there. <ctl><alt>F1 to go to
the first of six consoles, <ctl><alt>F7 to get back to the GUI. See if
you can log in as your user, and then (if you allowed it during
installation) as root.


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On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:35:25 +0530
Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

On 12/10/24 09:56, Bala Personal wrote:

Hello,

I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE using the expert installation option. The installation was
successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I
attempt to boot in, it enters the window manager, but I get no
response with my username and password, and there are no error
messages displayed.

I’m certain I’m using the correct username and password. After researching online, I found that there might be an issue with the `.Xauthority` file. Is this the real issue persists? I am on the
middle of nowhere.

My system files are located on `nvme0n1`, not the usual `sda` or
`sdb`. Can you help me resolve this issue?

Thank you!

Gentle reminder for the below concern.

What happened when you tried what Charles suggested?

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On Mon 14 Oct 2024 at 15:25:20 (+0100), Joe wrote:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:35:25 +0530
Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

On 12/10/24 09:56, Bala Personal wrote:

Hello,

I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE using the expert installation option. The installation was
successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I
attempt to boot in, it enters the window manager, but I get no
response with my username and password, and there are no error
messages displayed.

I’m certain I’m using the correct username and password. After researching online, I found that there might be an issue with the `.Xauthority` file. Is this the real issue persists? I am on the
middle of nowhere.

My system files are located on `nvme0n1`, not the usual `sda` or
`sdb`. Can you help me resolve this issue?

Thank you!

Gentle reminder for the below concern.

What happened when you tried what Charles suggested?

That's assuming they read the list …

Cheers,
David.

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On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:14:09 +0530
Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

I did not get any response from any, or am i missing anything to read?

If you are subscribed to the list, you should have received a reply
from me. I replied to the list.

List-Subscribe:
<mailto:[email protected]?subject=subscribe>

List-URL: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/>

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On Tuesday, 15-10-2024 at 02:43 Bala Personal wrote:

I did not get any suggestions from anyone, or am i missing any emails?

Bala,

I did receive your email. Just I don't know how to reply and thought others would do a much better job of replying than I could.

I have installed Debian many times and usually use XFCE. I can only suggest you missed typed your password when you created the account. A reinstall should fix this issue.

Maybe a corruption happened during the installation? A reinstall should fix this issue.

I wonder what steps you chose in your installation?

Did you create an root account, and allow log in as root?

If so you could try logging in as "root" username and its password. If you can log in as root, then you can reset your user's password, and try logging in again.

These are all I could suggest for you.


George.

On 14/10/24 20:37, David Wright wrote:

On Mon 14 Oct 2024 at 15:25:20 (+0100), Joe wrote:

On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:35:25 +0530
Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

On 12/10/24 09:56, Bala Personal wrote:

Hello,

I’m a moderate Linux user and I recently installed Debian with XFCE >>>> using the expert installation option. The installation was
successful, but I’m experiencing issues during login. When I
attempt to boot in, it enters the window manager, but I get no
response with my username and password, and there are no error
messages displayed.

I’m certain I’m using the correct username and password. After
researching online, I found that there might be an issue with the
`.Xauthority` file. Is this the real issue persists? I am on the
middle of nowhere.

My system files are located on `nvme0n1`, not the usual `sda` or
`sdb`. Can you help me resolve this issue?

Thank you!

Gentle reminder for the below concern.

What happened when you tried what Charles suggested?

That's assuming they read the list …

Cheers,
David.

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Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Charles,

I attempted to log in with the wrong password, and I received a
notification that my password was incorrect. However, I was able to use
the correct password successfully in the terminal on the same day. The
issue I'm facing is that I can't bypass the login screen; when I enter
my correct password, there's no response at all.

This is something that has caught me out a couple of times, the wrong
keyboard setup? You can test the characters you use in your password
by typing them into the user name field to see what you actually get. (Obviously do this when no one can see what you're doing).

Alternatively, even sillier, but it has caught me a few times, you
have CAPS/LOCK on when the system boots?

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On Tue 15 Oct 2024 at 08:56:00 (+0100), Chris Green wrote:

Bala Personal <[email protected]> wrote:

I attempted to log in with the wrong password, and I received a notification that my password was incorrect.

Is this when typing into a graphical screen?

However, I was able to use

the correct password successfully in the terminal on the same day.

Presumably a Console or other text screen?

The
issue I'm facing is that I can't bypass the login screen; when I enter
my correct password, there's no response at all.

This is something that has caught me out a couple of times, the wrong keyboard setup? You can test the characters you use in your password
by typing them into the user name field to see what you actually get. (Obviously do this when no one can see what you're doing).

Alternatively, even sillier, but it has caught me a few times, you
have CAPS/LOCK on when the system boots?

Equally annoying is the NumLock key, which can sometimes be set in the
CMOS before booting.

The OP's Time Zone makes me think that it's quite likely that the
keyboard layout is being changed by the GUI or Desktop or whatever.
I'm used to Linux consoles, X and VCs, but now people have DEs, DMs
and Wayland in the mix.

Take care with selecting any "special" characters in passwords,
like |, " and @, where the keys have different positions on
different language keyboards (those examples are for US/UK).
Sometimes it might be worth using a "simple" password to get
started, and changing it later, when you're confident with your
keyboard configuration.

Cheers,
David.

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