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How can I fix GNOME after a failed upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS?
I am currently able to use my computer because I am using LXQt and LightDM.
Yesterday I attempted to upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Unfortunately the upgrade had some errors. After ...
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Having to manually start gdm everytime
I recently installed lightdm, Big mistake. It was terrible, So i then un-installed it using systemctl remove lightdm.service.
However, I am still having issues. First is that on startup it still has ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 screen turns purple briefly after entering password on login screen
Same problem 1
Same problem 2
I encountered the same problem as the two above. After I entered the password on the login screen and logged in, my computer screen would be black for a while, and then ...
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"GdmSession: no session desktop files installed" after rebooting
I suspended my desktop machine with 24.04 yesterday and found that the lock screen did not react to input. After rebooting it failed to start up the GUI.
This is what I found in the logs:
$ journalctl ...
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Crashing almost everytime when logging in or after suspend
Ubuntu 24.04, Asus Zenbook 13.
Since I updated to 24.04, the suspend function doesn't work well, almost each time I try to log back to my system, there is few seconds of nothing and then one of the ...
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Display glitches and "shakes" back and forth sometimes
A few months ago now, a problem started happening where my entire display appears to "shake" off the screen center and back extremely fast, with graphical glitches appearing as well. This ...
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GDM Wayland session dies with gnome-shell error No GPUs with outputs found (NVIDIA)
GDM tries to start a Wayland session but gnome-shell dies with "No GPUs with outputs found". GDM doesn't offer a choice of Wayland sessions as a result.
System has NVIDIA GPU in addition to ...
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Ubuntu gdm3 login screen menu
I have gdm3 installed as my display-manager on Ubuntu Budgie and when I log in there is this small settings icon in the right corner with the options:
Ubuntu Budgie
Ubuntu
Ubuntu with Xorg
What are ...
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Stuck on "username" login screen at startup
I am running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS with GNOME 42.9 (see full inxi -F below) and gdm3.
Recently, when I try to login to the computer using an attached screen (as opposed to just ssh), the login screen ...
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Strange app behavior on wayland
I am trying wayland for the first few times on ubuntu 23-10, but I am experiencing some problems with apps.
For starters, if I open several windows in chrome, and some of them contain media (video) ...
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How to fix cursed machine with broken recovery mode and broken GNOME
Recovery mode shows a screen that apparently can't find dpkg/apt/any coreutil executables: here, GNOME crashes after login attempt with correct password, systemctl status gdm shows:
Nov 02 16:38:19 (...
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22.04 - GDM Shell crashes (occasionally) after login
How would I diagnose a GDM crash after login. I can still SSH into the machine and I've been "fixing" broken shell session with:
$ sudo systemctl stop gdm
$ sudo systemctl start gdm
What ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome VNC problem
I use tigervnc server, gnome, on ubuntu 20.04. The problem is, if I lock the screen from VNC viewer then I will never able to login again from VNC. I still can type the password, but even if I hit ...
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How to reset GDM3 configuration
I saw maybe on Reddit on r/Ubuntu or maybe on r/gnome about a Flatpak to customize the GDM/login/greeter. I installed it, took a look, and decided I was not very interested and just uninstalled it. It'...
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What causes Automatic Suspend to fire up on Ubuntu 18.04?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 where X11 is implemented by Xorg using gdm3 as a login shell.
I load to dconf following .ini file (in addition to Ubuntu 18.04 gdm3 defaults):
# New added
[org/gnome/control-center]...
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Difference between F1 and F2 in Linux Consoles
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
I was experimenting with the TTY consoles that are Ctrl+Fn+Alt+F3, F4, F5, and up. I noticed that F1 and F2 both seem to be the graphical desktop. F2 is the one that I ...
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Problem booting ubuntu after uninstalling KDE
Whenever I boot my ubuntu system it goes into tty mode, there is no gui.
Every time I boot I have to use startx in tty to access my desktop.
I installed KDE plasma a long time ago without deleting ...
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Have to manually start gmd3 after installing and uninstalling KDE Plasma
Some months ago I installed KDE Plasma, didn't like it much and uninstalled it again. Now every time I start my laptop, a black screen comes up and asks for login name and password. After that I have ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 fails to boot fully, "p link was shut down"
On Boot Screen Log:
[ OK ] Sarted GNOME Display Manager. Dispatcher Service....proxy server...p link was shut down.
OS:
Ubuntu 18.04.6 (last 32-bit)
Linux 4.15.0-176-generic
Gnome: 3.28.2
I could ...
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Solve "Something went wrong" error remotely
There are several similar questions about the annoying and useless "Oh no. Something went wrong" error message, but:
no solutions worked for me (see below)
I don't have a physical access to ...
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Cannot Refresh Snap Store (PID 1805)
I know Pending Update questions have been asked and answered, such as this one, which seems thorough enough to solve the problem. However, after running a Snap Store update from command line I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck during boot with "Started User Manager for UID ..."
Hello everybody out there using Ubuntu,
Booting Ubuntu 18.04 on a ThinkPad X230t (with Coreboot BIOS) used to work fine, but now it stops with the message
[ OK ] Started GNOME Display Manager.
[ OK ...
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Black screen with blinking cursor after install gnome on ubuntu 22.04
I try to connect with UltraVNC to my Ubuntu 22.04 GNOME Desktop envirement.
I can login with SSH successfully to my server 45.13.59.126.
I have installed Gnome by commands:
sudo apt install gnome-...
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Prevent Ubuntu (GDM?) from locking when switching to another TTY
In TTY3 I use a simple window manager as my main working area, but sometimes I need to test stuff in a full Gnome environment, so I use it on TTY1, just as the default on a clean Ubuntu install.
But ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 won't wake after screen lock / screen dim
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 and it won't wake after screen lock. This is true for both, X11 and Wayland (also disabling Wayland for gdm3 doesn't help). System suspend works fine, only ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 somehow starting 2 users?
I have Ubuntu 20.04. I was trying to setup chrome remote desktop and then after I set it up and try to connect I had to choose session it was black screen and when I restarted my computer I prompted ...
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Something has gone wrong even if the upgrade was successfully
There are tons of questions about this error but almost all of them refer to interrupted dist-upgrades. Instead, I've upgraded from 20.04 to 21.10 without any problem (at least, no popups that show ...
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gdm3/gnome does not start/crashes
I installed Ubuntu 20.04.3 (Gnome version 3.36.8) on two different systems (one desktop, one laptop). On both systems after the first boot the login manager does not come up and I have to login via ...
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Custom gdm session logs me out on Ubuntu 18.04
I have a requirement where a sandbox user only needs to see a single application without running Gnome or any DE at all (basically a kiosk setup).
I created a new .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions,...
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autostart is delayed? takes around 90s
After login i expected my autostart apps to immediately start, but they seem to only start after about 90s.
I tried googling but all i see is people who want to delay apps in startup... i was looking ...
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How to disable Username-input field (StEntry) Ubuntu 20.04?
Is it possible to hide or disable the input-field for Username in the logon screen on Ubuntu 20.04 - making it "impossible" to type into the field for a period of time? Reason for this is to ...
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Display manager doesn't load desktop and instead shows a black screen for 5 minutes after entering login info. then loads after the 5 minutes
After I get to the login screen from a reboot, once I enter my password and login, instead of getting the desktop, I get a completely black screen for exactly 5 minutes, once those 5 minutes have ...
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Cannot install A GUI in my computer
I am on Ubuntu 20.04. Whenever I try to boot up my computer I get nothing only black screen. If I press ESC, then I can see only /dev/sda2 clean, etc. Nothing else. It looks like there is no GUI on it....
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GDM3 not starting, where are the log files?
I am trying to build my custom distro based on impish x86_64 using debootstrap. I am not using any display drivers, only the generic ones included in linux-image-generic. I use systemd-boot as a ...
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Using multiple desktops at once on Ubuntu
My aim is to separate my working space from any other spaces while using the same computer and the same OS. When I start the operating system (Ubuntu 20.04), my desktop environment (Gnome) starts ...
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How do you change Ubuntu 21.04 lock screen image?
After searching, I couldn't figure out how to effectively change the lock screen image.
From the search results I have found, I think that I have to extract the .gresource from /usr/share/gnome-shell/...
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20.04 GNOME Desktop would not load after login
Sometimes my desktop would be stuck loading after I log in. I'd get an entirely purple screen with a functional mouse pointer but nothing else. Usually the rest of the desktop would load in normally ...
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Authetication fail on GDM
Sorry to Disturb you
We started having some issue during the authetication phase in ubuntu 18.04, mainly, but not limited to, trying to login after a locked session-
We are using an LPAD ...
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Gnome Shell running, with no one logged into it?
Ubuntu 18.04, logged out of GUI, accessed system via webmin and see an awful lot of memory being consumed by Gnome. Shouldn't this end when all users are logged out of the GUI? Can I kill all this ...
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gdm3 doesn't start during boot ("session never registered")
I have Linux syg-5 5.4.0-73-generic #82-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 14 17:39:42 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux with Ubuntu 20.04 and Gnome.
When I logged out today, my machine crashed for some reason,...
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What versions of GDM are used in Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10?
What versions of GDM are used in Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10? I found the version history of GDM: https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/
I need this to submit a bug on GDM's bugtracker
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Fast bootup, but slow login from GDM prompt to desktop
Specs
Ubuntu version: 20.10 (groovy)
Storage: SATA SSD
RAM: 8 GB DDR3
CPU: AMD A8-4500M APU
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7640G
Problem
Bootup is quite fast at 14 seconds as reported by systemd-analyze. But ...
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Black screen with blinking cursor when booting!
I installed ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS. After installing, I restarted and everything was working fine. Today when I tried to boot up ubuntu again, I was met with a black screen and a blinking cursor.
running ...
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How to disable the "screen locking disabled" notification in gnome 3.38?
This message pops up after every login, this started happening when I removed the desktop icons gnome extension - DING https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2087/desktop-icons-ng-ding/ (I'm using ...
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UBUNTU: clean, 958917/30883840 files, 22643659/123523840 blocks [duplicate]
I have an issue with Ubuntu 18.04. I was preparing a presentation and I had to force the shut down since the screen was blocked. When I rebooted this was the message (on black screen), no more. I have ...
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Trying to install GNOME on Ubuntu on remote server
Im a fairy new user at Linux.
I have Ubuntu 18.04 on a host at paperspace.
I'm following this guide:
https://www.teknotut.com/en/install-vnc-server-with-gnome-display-on-ubuntu-18-04/
Beside that I ...
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ubuntu 20.04 missing /usr/sbin/gdm3 and /lib/systemd/system/gdm.service
This is a followup to my earlier posting on this site. I have two different Dell machines running 20.04. Both worked fine, and then, for no apparent reason, when I rebooted, I could not get to ...
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Black Screen after login (Ubuntu 20.04)
Problem: After typing in my credentials I am greeted by a black screen with a cursor. My desktop environment does not load. How can I resolve this issue and get my desktop environment to load?
System: ...
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Screen lock disables color correction profile
I calibrated my monitor using a colorimeter and the color tab in Gnome settings.
The color on the screen looks good until the screen turns off (automatically after some time). When the screen starts ...
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GNOME desktop manager no longer opening, drop to console login screen
I'm running ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell 5540. Everything was working fine until I rebooted a couple of days ago and was dumped into a console login screen. Looking at the current syslog I find ...
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