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The system running on low graphics mode and unmet dependencies
getting error while login
The system is running on low graphics mode
I have tried almost all the possible solutions, but nothing worked.
tried purging and removing gdm, gdm removed but not ...
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Dark Themed status bar
Status bar has got a dark theme(Screenshot attatched).I installed kubuntu desktop. Then I removed it along with all other files. Also, i restarted lightdm. Did'nt work out. Then I removed lightdm and ...
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lightdm and gdm not working in Ubuntu 14.04
I have a problem with Ubuntu 14.04, the graphical mode can't started
in the log screen : starting LightDM display manager [fail] then I tried to use gdm, starting gnome display manager fail, i don't ...
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gdm session without setting default
I have a locally created session to let users login to a special session at times (i've called it /usr/share/xsessions/remote.desktop). The problem is that they normally login to gnome (/usr/share/...
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How to fix Ubuntu from logging into weird "simple GNOME" as I call it
I was trying to fix ubuntu because the wifi was not working. It wouldn't allow me to control networking, and it said I had no privileges to so this. Lately, most of the stuff on my ubuntu OS screwed ...
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gdm/lightdm: can't login, but startx works
I just ran apt dist-upgrade. I had ubuntu 14.04. Things went smoothly, but after reboot I can't get past the login screen. I tried both GDM and lightDM, but running startx from the terminal works.
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Change the login screen theme in Ubuntu Gnome 14.04
Can anyone show me a way to change the default login screen theme with the ones available at http://www.gnome-look.org ?
For eg, this
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/HexLogin?content=169840
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Ubuntu 14.04 stuck in login loop after update, nothing seems to help [duplicate]
I updated my ubuntu 14.04 after it was being unused for 4 months. The updating took enormously longer time than usual, and after that the computer was very slow. I rebooted the computer and now I ...
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Black screen/Distorted image on screen when laptop lid open Ubuntu 15.04 GDM (No any previous answer helped me)
I get black screen or distorted image when i reopen my laptop lid.
I am using Ubuntu 15.04 Gnome version official download.
My laptop Lenovo Z-5070 & also i get nothing when i pressed CTRL + ALT +...
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Can you have a desktop environment without a display manager?
The following article nicely explains the differences between a display manager, a window manager, and a desktop environment:
What is the relationship between Unity, Gnome, Gnome 3, Compiz, Metacity, ...
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GDM does not display session, or top row icons
I switched recently to the Gnome desktop environment. I was running Xubuntu, but got fed up with the bugs so decided to install Gnome-Shell.
All was fine until I removed Xubunt and Xfce in an attempt ...
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My sudoer can not login using GUI
I only have one sudoer and it can login into the terminal or through GUI terminal. But I can not use it to log into the GDM login screen.
Any possible causes?
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Black Screen after login
Hello guys i just installed ubuntu 14.04 and i had a hard time full of problems anyways as i thought problems had finished i restarted after update of software and tried to login but i had a black ...
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"Your system is running in low graphics mode" error
I'm quite new to ubuntu. I recently downloaded pycharm for python development. The fonts on the pycharm editor looked broken, so I was googling for a fix. I stumbled upon this stackoverflow thread and ...
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Two Monitors, login does not show up - Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to use Ubuntu 14.04 on my PC. I have two monitors and an ATI Radeon HD 4770 Video Card.
The thing is, after installing Ubuntu, and after reboot, the login screen does not show up, and the ...
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Changing X display manager
On my Ubuntu 14.04 there's gdm and lightdm installed.
Is it recommended to have both installed? How can I check which one's active and how can I change them?
I have some troubles with the Ubuntu ...
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Where is the login screen wallpaper for GDM stored?
In 14.04, there is a really nice sort of stone texture to the background of the login screen. Where does that texture live on the disk? I have searched the unity greeter packages.
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Starting gdm (manually or during boot) doesn't do anything
At my wit's end here! I can't get gdm to run. Not just not at boot-time, but at all. There's no error message. tty7 stays blank. It doesn't seem to attempt to start an X server. It doesn't log ...
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ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 distribution upgrade pauses "configuring lightdm" ... "Default display manager:" gdm, lightdm
Apologies if I overlooked this in the docs somewhere. Let me document something just incase it was missed.
My upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04 pauses on a package configuration. The first time I did ...
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Only visible spaces seen?
I recently converted Ubuntu to Ubuntu GNOME by removing Unity and installing GNOME from the repositories and removed LightDM too. My account was working, but the rest of the family user accounts are ...
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Software Center in Dark Theme Unreadable
So I am using the dark theme in gdm and the text in the software center is unreadable. I found a workaround by changing the font color from the .css as follows
sudo gedit /usr/share/software-center/...
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GDM and Lightdm don't work after update; KDM is ok
After updating Ubuntu (apt-get update, apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade) last Tuesday, GDM stopped working, and the startup hangs on the Ubuntu logo. Lightdm also don't work (same happens). If ...
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How to get Gnome Shell to remember my display preferences?
I have a laptop. When I'm using just the laptop, I want to use the display (well, yeah, obviously) but when I plug in my monitor, I want to just use that monitor, not both screens.
Every time I boot ...
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