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Can't display virtual console [duplicate]
I got stuck on a login loop and to try to fix it, I need to access a terminal. I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1-6 but the GUI just freezes and I don't get a terminal. If I CTRL+ALT+F7, I'm back to the GUI where ...
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autostart x server in Lubuntu, login loop
On Ubuntu 18.04, I was able to sudo startx in ~/.bashrc. The system would boot into my GUI program in ~/.xinitrc, without asking for password(I'd checked auto-login when I installed Ubuntu) or even ...
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After attempting to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 login LightDM is black (blinking cursor), can't access v-terminal or recovery mode
I attempted to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04 to no avail. After some issues I restarted my computer and now the login screen is just black with occasionally a blinking grey cursor in the top left.
I've ...
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Plaintext login password shows on screen on laptop wake (Lubuntu 18.04)
Yesterday, I did a clean install of Lubuntu 18.04 via the the 64-bit image here https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04/release/ on an Asus Vivobook E410M. Whenever the lid of the laptop is ...
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After boot go automatically to graphical login screen
I installed Ubuntu 18.04.6 desktop and then lubuntu-desktop.
Now the system boots to non-graphical login screen. The user of the laptop
will have to press ctrl+alt+F7 to go to graphical login screen.
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Ubuntu 18.04 does not switch between users after upgrade
I have upgraded Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04. I do not intend to make a further upgrade to Ubuntu 20.xx for the moment. All looks to have gone well except the switching of users from within the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS No Password Prompt after update, can't login
I recently logged into a VM running ubuntu 18.0.4 LTS server and found I was having networking issues. General solution to these issues was a reboot of the VM but this time when it came back, netplan ...
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Stuck on the boot menu with multiple [OK]- Unable to login to Ubuntu 18.04
OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (dual boot)
Processor: Intel Pentium
I cannot login to Ubuntu.
While trying to login in from boot menu to Ubuntu it is showing ^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D.....immediately after selecting Ubuntu ...
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Can't login after removing python3 and reinstalling
I removed python3 without knowing it might cause problems. Then I reinstalled python3, ubuntu-desktop and gnome in recovery mode and also did package repair. Now i can see the login page but when i ...
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How do I fix the Ubuntu Login Loop Problem [duplicate]
I am using ubuntu 18.04 as a dual boot with my windows and the storage got full, which caused a login loop problem. I try to login into the system with the correct password but the screen flashes to ...
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Unable to log in after 20.04 upgrade
I upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04 on my Linux-only Thinkpad (after a great deal of hassle on account UEFI, and finally using boot-repair to update grub). The laptop now boots without a problem, but I'm ...
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Login loop with lightdm, startx works, .xsession-errors.old contains systemctl: unrecognized option '--value'
I got a login loop in Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS, startx works,
installed ubuntu-desktop and made it the default and the login loop persisted, reinstalled lightdm stayed the same,
after booting with startx, ....
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How to solve login loop problem
I use ubuntu 18.04.5 and I have a login loop problem.I searched in the internet (for example Xauthority file) and nothing seems to work.It's extremely boring,because when I type my password and press ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 gdm3 login loop
I am currently using gdm3 destop manager while I login it gets stuck in login loop.
I have followed almost all the procedures suggested in this post
Permissions of Xauthority and /tmp were fine.
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Remove DUO auth completely from ubuntu server 18.04 - two factor auth
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 server with DUO authentication. This DUO interferes with my capistrano deployment (rails app)
For such, I have removed duo auth with sudo apt-get remove duo-unix
Then I logged ...
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How to remove the Xubuntu Login screen in Ubuntu 18.04 (and NOT 14.04)
Apart from Gnome I had / have Unity desktop in my Ubuntu 18.04. Later I installed Xubuntu over it. Change the desktop background with windows wallpaper. The same wallpaper was automatically taken by ...
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Prevent user login before mount is complete
All our workstations are Ubuntu 18. The /home/ is a network mount (nas). This is how it looks in /etc/fstab:
nas:/mnt/export/home /home nfs nfsvers=3,_netdev 0 0
The problem is: ...
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Passwordless login keyring not being unlocked upon login
In Ubuntu Mate 18.04 32 bit, when I inspect my Login keyring in Users and Groups ("seahorse") and hover over it it displays the description "A keyring that is automatically unlocked on ...
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X no longer starts on successful login on Ubuntu 18.04? Successful login returns back to login screen (Login Loop)
Today I was in a Zoom call, my mic stopped working so I rebooted my computer (sudo shutdown -r after I previously had not rebooted my computer for 7 days), and then after that looks like X no longer ...
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Failed to start session Ubuntu 18.04
The problem started when I tried to uninstall/install python2/python3. Terminal/Firefox were removed, I don't know how.
Then I rebooted the system.
Now, I am unable to login as the error was
Failed to ...
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Deleted var/log/* and now Ubuntu tries to enter setup on boot
I deleted by doing sudo rm -rf var/log/* to clear some space.
Now when I boot the machine, it enters the Ubuntu setup pages (language, location, new username and password etc). Beyond that, it enters ...
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20.04 provides only 4 usable character screens (vs 6 on 16.04)
20.04 provides only 4 usable character screens (vs 6 on 16.04)
On 20.04 the login/GUI screen is on F2, F1 login/prompt to another GUI screen
and F7 is unusable, so I only have 4 character login ...
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Cannot log in to Firefox account due to "NetworkError"
Noticed that my Sync hasn't been working for many days.
I logged out and noticed that I cannot log in to Firefox account/sync on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine. It doesn't even ask my password, just aborts ...
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Can't login through login screen after renaming the username
I have renamed my username using the steps explained here. In terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1) I can login with my newly created username but when I tried to login using login screen it got stuck in a loop. I ...
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Ubuntu - Changing banner-text on and restarting gdm results in login loop
I've tried to change the banner-text on my personal computer. When I restart gdm - I get kicked out of session of course - it results in a login loop.
It seems off, because the screensaver "does ...
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Unable to login to remote computer after restart via teamviewer
I'm accessing my lab PC from my laptop from home. I'm using either TeamViewer or Anydesk to access the remote computer. But since last few days, after a restart of remote computer, I'm not able to ...
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Trouble installing Ubuntu Server 20.04 and 18.04
Recently I've tried to install in an old machine (not that old) Ubuntu Server, starting with the 18.04 LTS, and after that failed, trying 20.04 LTS.
In both, the installation would run smoothly until ...
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after login with ssh i doesn't get sysinfo
experts,
i'm using ubuntu 18.04 LTS headless server. After login over ssh i get the following message:
> Authenticating with public key "rsa-key-blablabla"
> Last login: Wed Aug 12 10:...
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Cannot login (login loop), I tried multiple solutions. + no space left [duplicate]
I use Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Xfce4. I have a very low-end computer and the storage size is very low, only 60GB. I almost stay at a few 100MB from the limit.
But now, my computer lagged so I forced to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 with kubuntu /Plasma enable numlock on login
Hi I went through a lot of solutions and tried a couple of them. But till so far no progress.
I went through Activating numlock on bootup - ArchWiki without succes.
I installed numlockx sudo apt ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck in login loop for one account
since yesterday I am stuck in an infinite login loop for one of my users on Ubuntu 18.04. I can log in to another account but not the one I need to login to. I tried hours of different fixes from the ...
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Stuck on the login screen in Xubuntu 18.04
I installed Xubuntu DE on my machine and when I rebooted, my ubuntu got stuck on the login screen. Even the command to bring up the terminal CTRL + ALT + F2 is not working and every time I enter the ...
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Unable to login into Ubuntu Server after upgrade from 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS
Since the update I did today I am unable to login into my server. I did an upgrade using this tutorial. The upgrade process executed successful but after an reboot I am now able to login to my machine....
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Gnome desktop stuck on login when recover from sleepmode
Environment:Ubuntu 18.04LTS on my laptop,with i5-8265U,worked normally before.
I has faced this issue 2 weeks before,actally.I went into the login screen,typing the password,and it just after a splash(...
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No GUI to login, but can access remotely
We have a problem with some of our desktops, and I do not know what to do about it.
The OS is Ubuntu 18.04:
5.3.0-51-generic #44~18.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 23 14:27:18 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 froze, then fsckd file system scan stuck during reboot (Ctrl+C doesn’t cancel). Maybe due to log in loop days after VNC or x2go install
Our system (Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell Precision 7920 tower) froze when I tried to restart Spyder and when I restarted, it would not advance past the fsckd filesystem check (please see images). Since some ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Xfce - Have to login twice
First question here, as I've been using Linux for about 2 weeks now.
I've encountered nothing but problems and after a lot of unsuccessful searching I decided I should start asking.
Current main ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 waked up after suspend without showing login screen alternately
I'm have been using Ubuntu 18.04 for about a year on my Thinkpad T460s.
Everything is ok until a week ago, when I turned my laptop into sleep mode (hold Windows key and click to top-right corner, ...
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Help, I tried to change the login screen background in 18.04 and now i cant get to the login screen to input password
I tried to change login screen background from standard to a picture I downloaded and now I am stuck, I cant get to the login screen.
All is a list and lots of 'ok' after it and then the screen goes ...
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Cannot log on as other user with Bionic and (vanilla) GNOME without first logging off
NB: This is not the same issue as in this question (Unable to switch users at lock screen. Unity, Ubuntu 18.04)! In my case lightdm isn't even installed and so reinstalling it is not an option.
I am ...
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indicator-multiload blocks login
I faced the same problem described in this comment. But when I switch to terminal there is only native language available - not default, nor custom language switches works. Looks like native language ...
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Missing write permission with a specific directory on Ubuntu 18.04
Recently, I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 with Windows 10 dual-boot. Issue is, when I boot the PC and login directly in Ubuntu I can access the shared directory with only read-only access. But, if I ...
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How to unable to switch login domain? directory domain?
My company mostly uses Windows and I am one of the very few who needs Linux; it means that the IT unit does not know much about it! They installed the Ubuntu for me with an active directory enabled to ...
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I cannot log in a VNC session after the screen locks: "Authentification error". Why?
I've setup successfully a tigervnc server. I've been able to successfully remotely log in the VNC session using a viewer desktop client or Apache Guacamole.
Now is the day after and the host ...
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How to restart gdm on login loop from tty?
When using lightdm, when encountering a login loop after waking from sleep I can do Ctrl+Alt+F5 to drop into tty5 for example. After logging in, I write sudo service lightdm restart into the terminal, ...
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Stuck at login screen on fresh install
So I have just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on an unformatted SSD using a USB boot media I flashed from macOS.
I used the minimal install, and selected install 3rd party drivers from the options, as well ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 VirtualBox black screen after login
I've been running Ubuntu 18.04 on VirtualBox for 5 months now, with no problems.
Today, I've encountered a quite annoying problem, to be honest. After I log in, the screen goes black with no ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - Black screen after login and unable to get into console
Good afternoon everyone!
I was trying to remotely access my computer through AnyDesk. I faced some issues and I followed the steps on this post trying to solve the problem. After uncommenting ...
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Ubuntu login broken
I have recently downloaded ubuntu dual boot with windows 10 on my laptop. It was working fine until I shutdown my laptop and restarted it.
I got an old ubuntu login page picture and even if a login I ...
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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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