# Gdm does not accept my password after a GNOME installation (Workstation)

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841>\
**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [April 14, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841 "2022-04-14T13:27:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![johan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@johan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/johan)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841/1 "2022-04-14T13:27:37Z")

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I tried to install GNOME (Workstation) twice, and I encounter the same problem. an x86\_64 installation is not a problem.

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**Author:** ![dali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@dali](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/dali)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841/2 "2022-04-18T17:20:11Z")

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Check keyboard settings when logging on to Gnome, could be set to a different language than you expect.

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**Author:** ![hartings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hartings](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/hartings)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841/3 "2022-04-19T12:09:21Z")

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I have had a similar problem when logging as a normal user after entering the password : “Cannot make/remove an entry for the specfied session” . As root, I can login without this message/problem.  
I found a solution for this on the web:

```auto
# setsebool -P polyinstantation_enabled 1 

```

That solved my (security/SELinux) problem!

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**Author:** ![johan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@johan](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/johan)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841/4 "2022-05-21T07:08:12Z")

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hi, I think I identified my problem by installing GNOME (Lite Workstation) 8.6.  
anaconda requires a password to create a user. but if this password contains characters such as [, they are not taken into account during typing (I use a french keyboard). so I created a simple password that I changed later.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/gdm-does-not-accept-my-password-after-a-gnome-installation-workstation/5841/5 "2023-08-25T03:49:09Z")

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