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can't signin to ubuntu due to sign-in loop
I am experiencing couple of errors on my ubuntu machine from the booting process to the sign in screen.
My Ubuntu is in emergency mode. Whenever I bootup my machine it shows the below message
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blank screen after reboot
I have a very plain system that was running 22.10. Yesterday it offered to do a rather mundane looking update. When the update completed it said that a reboot was required, I accepted and the box ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 - a new password page during boot
Ubuntu 23.10, PC, Mate Desktop
23.10 has been working fine and I wanted to restore my VPN wiped out during the last update/upgrade and worked with the vendor to restore operation. That involved many ...
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Black screen on log in after update
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and have been for some time without issue.
Today I installed an update through apt as usual. It was a fairly large update to the latest version.
Now the laptop boots up ...
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Login loop - Squares instead of letters in the username
After upgrading to Ubuntu 23.10, I got a login loop problem. Also when I try to login through the tty, typing in a user gets these rectangles instead of the letters. When entering numbers, they are ...
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How to fix the desktop screen from the cui login screen
OS name: Ubuntu 20.04
After booting and displaying the Ubuntu logo, I got a black screen with a blinking cursor. After switching to the GUI login screen from the information on the net, I entered my ...
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On startup login sometimes do not work (It is frozen.) on Kubuntu
As topic says. Sometimes when i boot up the PC the login is frozen
So i ll have to restart the PC and then it works as usual.
I am running the latest version of Kubuntu = 23.10
Is there a fix to this?
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After entering the password and hitting enter the screen is blurred
Ubuntu boots normally and reaches the login screen. After entering the password and hitting enter, screen goes blurred. Is there any way to troubleshoot this problem?
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Inaccessible password field after screen lock, then boot error
I've just installed Ubuntu 23.10 on a new machine. When I return after a break, I find that the screen is locked and I need to enter my password. Once today and once yesterday I have found the field ...
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Cannot log-in to any user accounts
Our IT department has experienced rather high turnover in recent months. We have one computer running only ubuntu, we believe it's to manage the phones but to be honest we're not sure. I can only ...
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Autologin at boot on Ubuntu 20.04.2 after Security Updates doesn't work anymore
Autologin at boot on Ubuntu 20.04.2, I got to work 2 years ago. Today I finally got approval to test Security Updates. Everything went find except, Autologin will not switch to tty6 by itself. When I ...
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Can I find out what's wrong with my boot if I can't boot properly?
Unfortunately the issue I'm facing has not yet been answered, in regards to this, I would like to know if I can find some logs somewhere or add any parameters to any configs to see what went wrong ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 not loading UI after login, getting black screen
I'm having trouble with the system UI not loading after login. A few days ago I restarted my computer and got the login screen as expected, clicked on my user, typed my password and the UI did not ...
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Ubuntu Live Persistence Full - Unable to login
I have Ubuntu 23.04 Live on USB with 4 GB persistence.
While installing software (python-pip) received an error that persistence space full. Thereafter unable to do GUI Login!
Is it possible to do a ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 automatic downloads before log-in has a chance to cause unforeseen bugs?
Edit: The point of the post I suppose is to let devs know if a similar chain of events (starting downloads before log-in has happened) has the potential to cause issues. As for my personal issue I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 login error displaying I/O error
My laptop was initially partitioned to contain both Windows and Linux, however the hard drive crashed. I bought a new hard drive and someone helped to install only Ubuntu 22.04 on it.
After pressing ...
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Ubutuntu 22.04 won't boot - can't interrupt bluetooth errors
I cannot boot my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS laptop. The boot starts, but then it gets stuck on bluetooth errors. The same error repeats endlessly:
[ XXXXX] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to send firmware data (-...
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Login Prompt not appearing on Ubuntu 20.04 login screen
As a disclaimer: I realise that there are a lot of questions on here that are similar to this one I haven't found one that is completely similar to my situation.
Yesterday my laptop ran out of battery ...
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Ubuntu boot stuck on tty1 screen
I installed Ubuntu 22.04.02 and it was working just fine since last month , but then suddenly it got stuck at the login screen , I wasn't able to enter my password. I used the power key to force ...
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Lubuntu freezes during login attempts
I’m unable to login to my user account my laptop only has one user and when I try applying the correct password on start up it freezes, the mouse still moves, the clock in the corner of the screen is ...
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Problems with boot (Ubuntu tty1-) [duplicate]
I used the command sudo apt autoremove python3 and now my ubuntu does not boot properly. It keeps going to Ubuntu tty1-. Would be grateful if someone could assist me.in fixing it.
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Ubuntu 23.04 get's stuck in a grey screen with mouse curser after login
My Ubuntu 23.04 install boots normal, but after I log into my user account it gets stuck at an grey screen and does not react to any input anymore. If I boot into recovery mode and select fsck and ...
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Deleted python and now can not login into interface
I started learning some python. I already had python2 and python3.8 installed as defaults. But recently installed additional version python3.11. It was not working as expected so i decided to get rid ...
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no graphical login screen after boot into Ubuntu 22.04 following driver update
I have updated my nvidia driver to nvidia-driver-525-open using the GUI (which was marked as tested).
After a reboot I no longer get a graphical login screen, just a blinking cursor. Using Ctrl+Alt+F4 ...
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Accidentally removing gnome
I accidentally removed my gnome desktop using the terminal, and my computer is single booted, what can I do to restore I can’t even login to Ubuntu
tty1….
I tried all the solution that was given ...
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SDDM error - Cannot assign to non-existent property "actionItemsVisible"
I am experiencing issues AFTER a seemingly perfect installation via USB with connected internet.
As soon as installation completes system prompts for reboot. No issues exist.
After rebooting and ...
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Black screen at normal boot; login loop at terminal boot - after upgrading 20.04 to 22.04:
After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS, my workstation (which has a Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb installed) ceased being able to boot. Regular boot attempts results in the well known black screen with ...
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Stuck in TTY1 screen
I installed Ubuntu 22.10 yesterday. Today when I turned it on it shows Ubuntu version my computer name TTY1 asks for my computer login but it's not working it says
Dev loop12: unable to read RDB block ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 boots to a black screen with login
When I try to boot my machine, this is the output:
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS <my_name>-pc tty1
<my_name>-pc login:
The whole screen is black. If I login in then it's like I'm in a huge terminal ...
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Ubuntu login loop, but have another user account
I cannot login to my main user account. I have entered the password right. When I enter the password correctly, the ubuntu login window freezes for around 3 seconds and then just returns to the login ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Black Screen after Login after clean install
Recently upgraded to 22.04 on my desktop, it was running fine until the other morning. At the login screen I put in my password and the screen just goes black. I've tried leaving it for a few minutes ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 login screen not showing problem on Virtualbox
I'm using windows 10 and I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on virtualbox.
After loading, the Ubuntu screen displays a partial login page only including an Ubuntu logo below, but none of the other elements. The ...
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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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Failed to start process automatic reporting is enabled
I've recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my laptop, and all was running smoothly until this morning, when I tried to log in and got an error: Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred ...
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Stuck at login. I can't log in to user profiles after updating to 22.04
I'm on a UEFI HP desktop running only Ubuntu Studio. I've just attempted to update to 22.04 from 21.10, which is no longer supported.
The OS seems to boot OK, but after my entering password at the ...
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How do I come back to my purple-orange color desktop, with the cat picture on the surface?
After password for disc encryption, I get a black window. With CTRL+ALT+F2 I were asked to login and password. Than I got a „Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.13.0-41-generic x86_64). The ...
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Ubuntu failed to boot and end up with splash screen
I get to the Ubuntu log into screen enter my password and then it's stuck loading. Sometimes it doesn't get to the password screen and then if I hit escape j get the below screen shot. Any help ...
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20.04 Boot Problems: Login loop, slow boot, NETPLAN DNS settings not applied after boot, need help
I am running an up-to-date Ubuntu system on a physical PC:
Linux 5.13.0-35-generic x86_64
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
and I am experiencing the following ...
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Terminal login loop 21.10
I'm installing ubuntu base following this guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Base/InstallationExample
The only thing I did different from the guide was using grub instead of syslinux as bootloader, ...
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Unable to login - need to boot into single user and recover password?
A week ago I installed Xubuntu (20.04?) on a Dell Latitude e6530 that had Windows 10 "ready to install" (I never agreed to MS terms, so didn't activate). I was the only user and had root ...
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Locked out of my Xubuntu laptop - Dell Latitude e6530
This has never happened to me before. I changed my password, set for No Password on login, and, noticing that I wasn't an administrator, I made myself one, though I'm the only user and the only one ...
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How can I execute a command before login?
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I want to execute the command xdotool mousemove 960 540 to center my mouse pointer before login. I can do it just by adding the command to Startup Applications, but then it only runs ...
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Purple Screen After Reboot (Post installation)
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04.03 on my PC. When I ran the installation, it worked well, initially. However, after I shut the computer off and turned it back on, I get the login screen, I typed my ...
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First login never works
I've recently installed Ubuntu 21.10 onto my laptop and my desktop. I've been noticing a weird bug and I need to know if it's just me or not.
After booting( or recovery from hibernation) when I get to ...
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After upgrading from 21.04 to 21.10 I get a blank login screen
GUI seems to be partially working. I get a clock, accessibility and power settings, but rest of the screen is just solid purple colour, no user to select no field to enter my password so that I can ...
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Unable to login or reboot after I made computer disk read only and logged out of the dystem
I made the computer disk read only by mistake and after that I logged off from the Ubuntu and switched off my system. When I started my system then it is unable to restart or reboot. Clicked Ctrl+F2 ...
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Why does the Ubuntu login screen very occasionally show?
I have a machine set up to run in a sort of kiosk mode, with an application set to start automatically on startup, and with no login required. It's a Jetson TX2 running Ubuntu 14.04 on an ARM chip. ...
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Pressing login makes the screen black
I am new to Ubuntu and I decided to change to it from windows due to my work.I successfully installed it but after I press login my screen gets blank and flashing some part of my screen as on ...
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Fresh install, log in loop, unable to get a console
I've looked at several other posts on here, this one (Can't log in to Ubuntu 19.10, freezes upon Ctrl+Alt+F3) is closest to what I'm experiencing but none of the answers/comments have solved my ...
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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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