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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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Unable to use KDE desktop due to autologin
I recently moved from Windows to Ubuntu but now I want to use a different dekstop (KDE rather than GNOME). I installed KDE Plasma Desktop using the instructions here: https://itsfoss.com/install-kde-...
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gdm3: unable to boot in 18.04
I restarted my computer which has (dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10) because I was having some trouble installing and uninstalling virtual box. After the Ubuntu loading screen, the boot does not ...
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Lock screen blur missing in 20.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04 featuring Gnome 3.36, the lock screen displays a solid purple color, instead of the blur-over-wallpaper effect. How can I fix this?
Gnome 3.36 removes the separate ...
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Always loopback into loginscreen: How do I fix it? (Ubuntu 18.04, gdm3)
Installed a fresh 18.04 on a Lenovo T440. After 2 days, Ubuntu presents me a loopback into login screen every time I try to login.
ALT + STRG + F2 brings me into console, where I can proceed with ...
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Gdm3 broken after trying to fix screen tearing issues on AMD stony
Please pardon the typos as I am on my phone now that my computer is not working :-( .
I have a laptop with AMD stony processor . I recently tried changing 20-Radeon.conf to try to fix some awful ...
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Animation error in gdm3 Ubuntu 18.04
I tried searching a lot for the above error but didn't find any solution to this,
I installed flat-remix-themes
https://github.com/daniruiz/flat-remix-gnome and on rebooting this screen appears.
I ...
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Remove Default gnome session from Ubuntu 18.04
I am not a fan of gnome and just felt that I don't need it in my Ubuntu 18.04 installation. What is the correct way to uninstall it from my system. I have ran the command sudo apt remove ubuntu-...
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clock settings on boot screen ubuntu 17.10 gnome
Ubuntu 17.10, gnome 3.26.1 (xorg)
If I start up my computer, it boots, and presents the login screen. If I do NOT login, but just let it sit for a while, eventually I get a screen that shows me the ...
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A stop job is running for session c1 of user gdm after installing nVidia drivers
I recently installed a 1050 Ti on my pc, and used the driver recommended from the Additional drivers submenu in the settings. (375)
After that, my boot and shutdown screens got messed up (low ...
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How to debug corrupted files in ~/.config directory?
Due to some hard drive issues my home directory was corrupted and I had to reinstall Ubuntu 17.04 GNOME. I recovered my files from the corrupted partition, but now, when I try to login, it just enters ...
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How to set default user on Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 gdm login screen
It seems that Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 gdm login screen is not consistent when displaying the list of login usernames. Does it display the list of usernames by alpha sort, or by last logged-in username?
On ...
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Can't switch from Unity to Gnome using gear icon
I have recently installed ubuntu-desktop/unity and gnome on my machine. When login prompts, I click on gear icon to switch to gnome environment but what I get is a hanged screen;on pressing Enter, ...
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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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Can I apply a GTK+ theme to the latest version of GDM? if so, how? (specific to ubuntu 16.04)
I installed Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS and I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to apply a GTK theme to GDM. In my searches for an answer I have seen a couple of times that GDM has discontinued ...
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Which display manager is used by default in Ubuntu GNOME 16.04?
I can't find this information, and while trying to install the nvidia drivers for my laptop, I got a message explaining that I had 2 display managers installed, and that seemed strange.
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Installing Nvidia Graphics drivers on Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04
I am using Ubntu-GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20
When I install Nvidia graphic drivers by sudo apt-get install nvidia-361 , I am facing the following problems.
During the installation of Nvidia-361, it ...
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How to change login screen background Ubuntu Gnome 15.10
I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 and my gdm version is 3.16.2. I know that there are a few different threads here and articles at other websites about customizing the login screen in Ubuntu older version,...
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Why does GDM start in TTY2 and TTY7
I have Ubuntu 15.04 and GNOME 3.16 installed.
This PPAs are enabled:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3-staging/ubuntu vivid main
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnome3-team/gnome3/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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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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