# Cannot login after locking out

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-login-after-locking-out/19397>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Tags:** rocky-linux-9\
**Created:** [August 12, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-login-after-locking-out/19397 "2025-08-12T17:40:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![redhat\_399](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@redhat\_399](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/redhat_399)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-login-after-locking-out/19397/1 "2025-08-12T17:40:33Z")

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`I am running Rocky 9.6,`5.14.0-570.28.1.el9\_6.x86\_64. After locking (Win+L), I cannot login. The login screen shows password box but its cursor just flashes once and then disappears. This behavior continues as many times as I try to click on the password box and bring cursor back. Meanwhile, the gdm log shows these errors:

```auto
Aug 07 11:10:38 ... gdm-password][7414]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
Aug 07 11:10:38 ... gdm-password][7414]: gkr-pam: stashed password to try later in open session
Aug 07 11:10:49 ... gdm[5795]: Gdm: Child process -6792 was already dead.
Aug 12 11:05:42 ... gdm[5795]: Gdm: GdmDisplay: Session never registered, failing
Aug 12 11:05:42 ... gdm[5795]: Gdm: Child process -977360 was already dead.

```

It is only after multiple:

```auto
systemctl stop sssd
systemctl stop gdm
sleep 120
systemctl start sssd
systemctl start gdm

```

I can login. The above happens sporadically. Not every time I try to login fresh. Can you help?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/rockylinux/original/1X/91b7219eec10e30013422e4df76c1d898711a5d5.svg) [@system](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/cannot-login-after-locking-out/19397/2 "2025-10-11T17:41:13Z")

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