Double password when log in [Solved]

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-15 11:19:42

Hi
When i want to log in into xfce, it asks me for a password twice, is this a bug ?
system is update
I have lightdm and lightdm-gtk-greeter

Last edited by $User-Pc# (2021-08-17 15:10:06)

Trilby · 2021-08-15 12:45:05

Nope, it's a feature. It's to help you get practice to remember your password.

If you'd like a better answer, follow the guides below and edit your post to provide *something* to go on:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … leshooting

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-16 07:21:54

Trilby wrote:

If you'd like a better answer, follow the guides below and edit your post to provide *something* to go on

I want to change it once

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V1del · 2021-08-16 10:06:14

You still need to post more information. What exactly is asking for the password twice, the lightdm login screen both times or something else after you've logged in?

ugjka · 2021-08-16 10:09:16

I would suspect it is some keyring

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-16 11:16:04

I don't know exactly, it's lightdm or lightdm-gtk-greeter
This command shows both
Pacman -Qe
The page is the same
Login page --> password --> login page --> password --> xfce

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Trilby · 2021-08-16 12:43:21

$User-Pc# wrote:

I don't know exactly

Neither do we. The difference between you and us is that you are the only one in a position to gather more information.

My first response was a bit "playful" with this point, but I also gave you links to guide you in gathering more information: the first link is a bit more conceptual to cover why you are expected to gather more information rather than waiting for us to pull it out of you along with some examples of what reasonable attempts might look like; while the second link gives a lot of guidance on exactly how to gather more information (bonus hint for this case: see point #2 in the very first section).

If you start making some effort, you will get useful feedback, even if your first efforts don't go in the right direction. If you refuse to make any effort on your own, you will not likely get any help at all.

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$User-Pc# · 2021-08-16 14:14:47

Trilby wrote:

. . .

Yes you are right.
I understood the first link.
But the latter didn't help.
Unfortunately, my English is poor and i couldn't find a clue.
I searched but didn't find any results.
This command --> systemctl
Shows only lightdm.service
Does that mean I have lightdm ?

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seth · 2021-08-16 14:51:04

You have the DM that you installed and configured…

I'm with ugjka here.
Do the password dialogs look *exactly* the same?

Alternatively the session crashes during the first login and you're thrown back to the DM, a more common issue lately is that the GPU isn't fully initialized.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … _KMS_start

In doubt, make photos of the screen, upload them to imgur and post links here.

Also after the login, run and post the output of

loginctl session-status

loqs · 2021-08-17 00:05:55

Please also post the journal for a boot with the issue to a pastebin. See the first link in seth's signature.

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-17 08:00:36

seth wrote:

in doubt, make photos of the screen, upload them to imgur and post links here.
Also after the login, run and post the output of
loginctl session-status

I can't take a screenshot because I don't have a camera ...
I restarted the system twice and looked carefully.
The only difference I saw.
The top was in the middle.
The first page was archlinux.
The second page dhcppc0.
There was no other difference.
https://pastebin.com/3bJr7ik4

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seth · 2021-08-17 08:29:57

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … e_hostname

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-17 09:03:30

loqs wrote:

Please also post the journal for a boot with the issue to a pastebin. See the first link in seth's signature.

What command should I enter?

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$User-Pc# · 2021-08-17 10:32:03

seth wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Networ … e_hostname

Thank you
Solved by --> sudo hostnamectl set-hostname myhostname
True, I didn't have a host name
But why did that page appear twice?

Last edited by $User-Pc# (2021-08-19 07:41:11)

seth · 2021-08-17 12:53:36

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

X11 is a network protocol that accidentally can also draw stuff on your screen - when the hostname changes, clients lose access rights to the X11 server and that will crash your session, lightdm restarts or at least presents you a new login dialog and the 2nd attempt works because the hostname is now stable.

If you skipped other parts of the installation wiki, you should certainly read them up.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide

Trilby · 2021-08-17 13:00:19

Note that we would have arrived at this solution a lot faster if you had actually posted journal / logs which you were given sufficient direction towards in post #2 and an explicit request in #7 and then yet another in #10. In the future please don't make it hard for people to help you.

$User-Pc# · 2021-08-17 15:09:32

Trilby wrote:

Note that we would have arrived at this solution a lot faster if you had actually posted journal / logs which you were given sufficient direction towards in post #2 and an explicit request in #7 and then yet another in #10. In the future please don't make it hard for people to help you.

Unfortunately, I didn't know about journal and how to access it, and the wiki is very difficult and confusing for me.
But it gets better over time.
Thank you.

seth · 2021-08-17 15:16:56

Unfortunately, my English is poor

If you look on the left, many articles are translated and you can also use translate.google.com or deepl.com and there're at least https://wiki.archlinux.fr/ and https://wiki.archlinux.de/ (no idea whether that helps you)

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