Thanks. I can see the password failures in the log, with a few possible causes:
Aug 11 22:12:19 fantome gdm-password][4421]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): check pass; user unknown Aug 11 22:12:19 fantome gdm-password][4421]: pam_unix(gdm-password:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/tty1 ruser= rhost= Aug 11 22:12:21 fantome gnome-shell[2766]: JS WARNING: [resource:///org/gnome/shell/gdm/util.js 285]: reference to undefined property "_currentMessageExtraInterval" Aug 11 22:12:23 fantome gdm-password][5711]: Unable to load file '/etc/gdm3/custom.conf': Key file contains line “O# GDM configuration storage†which is not a key-value pair, group, or comment Mostly it sounds like /etc/gdm3/custom.conf contains an error? ** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => gdm3 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1981927 Title: correct password occassionally not accepted on start up. Will usually work after several attempts and/or reboot. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1981927/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
