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I have installed Mageia 6 three times now and each time when the system reboots or when I start the computer I get to interface where I am asked for username and password. I type my username and it shows. I press enter and am asked for password. I type this but it does not show ( I thought that it may not normally show it) but on pressing enter the computer just sits there. Pressing enter again will do nothing, another press of enter and I am back to welcome screen. If I try again the whole charade begins anew. I thought perhaps I may have gotten the password wrong previously so made doubly sure this time and wrote them down as I generated them. What am I doing wrong? I have M6 with Xfce desktop. I did reset the passwords during the setup; should I have just left them and not configured them. I am very new to Linux but wish to learn and work with it. Thanks to all who can help.