Solved. I was able to run sudo pkcon update and that fixed it. I can log in now but the desktop is rest to system defaults

I updates my distro, kde neon. The login screen changed and now it will not accept my password. I have checked caplocls, numlock, all that. It is the only password i set for it will not take it. I have no other usera on my pc so i cant just login as someone else.

What password is looking for, why is the password i used to login this morning not working?

Summary Distro kde neon Problem logon screen not accepting password

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As in, you can type in the password but when you submit it, the login page says it’s the wrong password? Or as in you can’t get the password box to accept foucs? Or as in when it has focus and you press a key, it doesn’t add dots to the box indicating you’ve typed in a character.

The KDE Neon machine I have to use for work does the last of these. But I’ve got two monitors. My workaround is to go log in on the other monitor. And that works, somehow. Weird, and a bit of a pain, but it works for me.

If you meant the first of these, it’s possible you’ve just entered the wrong password enough times that it locked you out for 10-ish minutes.

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Ctrl+shift+f3 Then user name and sudo password

That changes the promt to username$.

Then i ran sudo pkcon update. Several people had this problem and all the others solutins uses comands I couldn’t understand but this one i did.

It worked*.

I can log in but my desktop settings are the default now. But atleast i lost no files.

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It’s a shame you ignored the questions you were replying you. It could help someone see if they have the same problem to know if they should try your solution.

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Which was ignored

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