As a separate issue, it looks like ctrl+alt+f1 (or any of the F keys) does not switch to a virtual console, so I can't try the above. Are there common issues that prevent either virtual consoles from spawning or users switching to them?
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Try getting to a shell, e.g. control-alt-F2. Login as root. Use journalctl -f to get a current "tail" end of the journal log, note the time. Now go back to tty1 and try to login. Back in tty2, you can maybe see some clue as to what's going wrong. If not, quit following with control-c, then do something like:
On Aug 31, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Where Where <wherewp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> Greetings everybody!
>
> I'm a new convert to Fedora. I finally got it installed (hurray!) but ran into this issue:
> If I lock the screen using mod-L and immediately enter my password to unlock, the screen unlocks.
> But if I leave my computer be for an hour and unlock, Fedora doesn't accept my password.
>
> Some peculiarities of my setup:
> * I am using full disk encrypting using an LVM volume. Fedora setup set up my partitions for me.
> * I'm using a recent Macbook.
>
> I have all the latest updates installed for Fedora 20. My architecture is AMD64, and I'm using the standard (GNOME) spin.
>
> How may I move forward?
>
> Thanks for your attention!
journalctl -n100 > journal.txt
fpaste journal.txt
-n100 will include the last 100 lines of the journal; you can adjust that as needed.
Chris Murphy
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