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Sounds like an odd problem, can you try older builds to determine when the problem may have been introduced? I'm assuming sshd is running on the clean install of these builds, as it sounds like you're being prompted for a password (but it's not being accepted) - if sshd isn't running, try adding ssh to /flash/cmdline.txt.

I tried adding ssh to cmdline.txt, but it didn't fix the problem (I noticed that ssh isn't in the cmdline.txt for the official build either). I did notice that ssh was enabled by default after doing this though (I didn't have to activate it in the Openelec 'startup wizard').

I don't know if sshd is running - is it possible to tell without having ssh access to it?! It allows me to enter a login name, but responds as if I've entered the wrong password.

I first I tried installing a clean development build about 6 weeks ago and had the same problem - I assumed it was something I'd done wrong until I tried again this week. I'll try some older builds over the next few days to get some idea of when the problem was introduced.