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I have an installation of Ubuntu 16.04 on a dual boot machine.

Today I went to log in and it wont accept my password.

I tried following this guide: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassword

I ran:

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(or press Control-D to continue):
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# mount -o rw,remount /
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# ls /home
root@mikes-ubuntu:`#

then

root@mikes-ubuntu:`# ls /home
root@mikes-ubuntu:`#

According to the tutorial the users should be listed and from there you can reset the password. However, no user is listed at all....

Then I added a new user. However I cant log into that user either...

Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Control-D to continue):
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# mount -o rw,remount /
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# ls /home
root@mikes-ubuntu:`#
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# ls /home
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# ls
snap
root@mikes-ubuntu:`# adduser mike2
Adding new user 'mike2' ...

Does anyone have any tips on how to salvage this machine?

Stephen Rauch
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t3chn0hippy
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Thanks folks, doing Press Ctrl+ALT+F3. on the start up page help me fix this.

Then I ran:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install fglrx
sudo apt-get -y install lubuntu-desktop

More instructions here https://askubuntu.com/a/223503

NOTE: If you do not get an incorrect password warning this in not a wrong password issue.

t3chn0hippy
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