I found this post http://askubuntu.com/questions/65852/cannot-login-to-my-user-account which suggested removing ~/.Xauthority file. I did this and was able to log in without problem.
I found this post http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 65852/cannot- login-to- my-user- account which suggested removing ~/.Xauthority file. I did this and was able to log in without problem.