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I'm having trouble logging in to the console in Ubuntu 19.04. I need to enter a login and password. When I enter my username and password, the console rejects the login. Keys Ctrl+Alt+(F1-F12) don't work. How can I fix this?

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And where do you want to go? The desktop? If so Ctrl+Alt+F7 is probably where the desktop is (some desktops reside on Ctrl+Alt+F1 but since you already see that I assume you need tty7).

If there is no desktop on your system you can do Ctrl+Alt+Del. That often is set as a reboot

Sidenote:

If Ctrl+Alt+Del does not work but you do have a login in the future you can set this in either /etc/inittab with 

 ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -h now

or /etc/init/control-alt-delete.conf with

start on control-alt-delete    
exec /sbin/shutdown -h now "Control-Alt-Delete pressed"

Use a live session to reset your password. It likely is not what you believe it to be. See How do I reset a lost administrative password?

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