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Ubuntu Freezes at Login Screen When External Display Connected
This is driving me crazy. Every single time I boot Ubuntu (24.04 LTS release) with three monitors connected, my computer freezes at the login screen. I can't move my mouse, ctrl+alt+F1 thru 6 do ...
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Cannot login to GUI
I have processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (integrated GPU)
And mainboard: MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI Socket AM5
I cannot login to GUI interface when I type password it goes back to login page.
I tried this ...
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Login Loop Ubuntu 22.0.4.3 LTS
Ask Ubuntu community,
I would like to share my recent experience of facing a frustrating issue with Ubuntu on my computer. After a system update, I was confronted with a login loop challenge that ...
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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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Black screen AFTER login on Ubuntu 23.04 with Nvidia graphics and command characters dropping from command when entered
I may have more than one issue, so let me know if I need to create a separate question for one of these issues.
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Update: June 25, 2023 I ended up re-installing Ubuntu 22.04. It took several attempts ...
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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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where are monitor settings for jammy?
I've looked in ~/.config/ but see no monitor settings.
Just looking to change the resolution as it's quite squished after using loginctl to logout a user.
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Desktop environment missing
I had installed Radeon graphics drivers which messed up my system. It was unable to boot. So I went into the GRUB menu and uninstalled all the Radeon drivers, gave a nomodest login in the shell. After ...
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modesetting driver with AccelMethod glamor - tty Problem
I switched my system (Xubuntu 20.04.05 LTS) from the intel driver to the modesetting driver with AccelMethod glamor. If I start my system, everything works well, the system shows still the graphics ...
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How to enable Xorg option at Ubuntu 22.04 login screen
I've made the silly choice to install the latest nvidia driver from the Nvidia's site (run file) but I was unable to login after that, after some work I figure out how to revert to the previos nvidia ...
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How to fix black screen after login on lenovo yoga 510 Ubuntu 20.04. (possibly related to amdgpu driver.)
I dual boot Ubuntu and windows. recently I found that my laptop wouldn't shut off. It would just continue like I haven't pressed shutdown button.
I thought I managed to fix the issue. but ...
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login loop after ubuntu 20.04 update
the Ubuntu 20.04 automatic updater (software updater) asked me to allow to install updates.
I agreed to update, but at 70% an error appeared.
I didn't pay attention to it, but after I put the PC to ...
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Black screen after login, only recovery mode works
Have spent a long time looking on the Internet but can not find a solution.
current behavior
After entering the password I have a black screen and keyboard seems unresponsive.
The caps lock has no ...
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Desktop (dual boot with windows) with AMD GPU upgraded from ubuntu 18LTS to 20.04 LTS breaks login GUI
I made the mistake of upgrading from ubuntu 18 LTS to 20.04 LTS not knowing there are (login) issues with 20.04.
My computer has an
AMD GPU
dual boot with windows
~5 gigabytes of space left available ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Login Loop Nvidia GTX1080ti
I am using ubunbtu 16.04 with an nvidia 1080 GTX ti GPU and I have become stuck in a "login-loop". I have tried the classic:
chown user:user .Xauthority
chmod 666 .Xauthority
chmod a+wt /...
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Flashing curser can't login today
Here I am on my phone.
I have Ubuntu studio 20.04 closed down last night and today I get:
Loading initial ramdisk,
Then just flashing curser.
I can get to ctrl Alt F1 and login.
Startx gives :
Fatal ...
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Bus error severity=corrected, type=Physical Layer | unable to boot / login
After installing a driver for a new PCIe Wifi card, my /vars/logs folder started filling up, where it end up filling the entire disk space and wasn't able to boot Ubuntu (more info here) and just got ...
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Log in Loop after installing Gnome extensions Ubuntu 18.04
After installing gnome-extensions i got a login loop, so I can't enter on my account.
Therefore i tried to reinstall gnome, gnome-sessions, even gdm3 and lightdm, but doesn't fix's it.
When i tried to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Nvidia 440 login freeze
So, I'm getting some weird behavior on Ubuntu 20.04 with a GTX 1080 (If hardware matters). When using the 440 drivers installed with the "Additional Drivers" built in GUI utility, upon ...
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Cannot login to Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome session : amdgpu_device_initialize: DRM version is 2.50.0 but this driver is only compatible with 3.x.x
I am trying to login to my Ubuntu 20.04 Gnome Session, But I am get reverted back to the lock screen.
On checking the Xorg logs I find this error,
amdgpu_device_initialize: DRM version is 2.50.0 but ...
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NVIDIA driver causes login loop, but removing it prevents resuming from sleep
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 with an AMD processor and a GTX 1050 graphics card. I hit a login loop problem a while ago, and the only thing that resolved it was purging my NVIDIA drivers. Problem is, now ...
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Ubuntu doesn't start after login screen, can't access shell
After trying to install a new driver for my graphics card GeForce MX250 from the official Nvidia website (which was working until I turned my computer off), I can't get my computer to start anymore.
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The classic problem with nvidia drivers - GeForce 820M - Login loop
Before making this question, I've searched and found no solution.
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and my graphics card is GF820M (GF117M).
Currently I'm using the intel one, but everytime I try to ...
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Black screen after loging in from GDM to Gnome-shell
After installing Nvidia drivers either from repository or from Nvidia website, my computer boots normally to GDM login screen. However, when I log in with my user I get for a short period of time a ...
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How can I enable biometric log in option on my laptop?
I have a fingerprint scanner sensor on my laptop to sign in more conveniently. (Lenovo Ideapad 520)
The feature works fine on Windows but here on Ubuntu 18.04, I think I should download some drivers ...
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Unable to install recommended nvidia-driver-390 in19.10
I'm having problems logging in to 19.10, and following some suggestions (e.g. ubuntu-18-04-stuck-in-login-loop-with-missing-xauthority-file), ubuntu-drivers devices shows nvidia-driver-390 as ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 logs off immidiately after log in
I have Ubuntu 18.04. I tried to install boost library. During installation my laptop (Dell Latitude 5580) was frozen and I shut it down with power button. Then I switched on it again. I try to log in, ...
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Ubuntu Freezing after login, can't install gdm3, other solutions not working
I am on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, and the computer freezes after I enter in my login information.
I have looked thoroughly at the solutions presented on Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop but none of them ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Login Loop After Installing Proprietary Nvidia Drivers
Background
After installing Nvidia proprietary driver (nvidia-driver-435), got caught in a login loop (see below for system specifics). After typing in my password and pressing enter my desktop ...
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19.10 Automatic login doesn't work for me when i'm on a nvidia driver and cannot pass the login screen once i've activated automatic login
On the X.Org X server - Nouveau display driver automatic login does work, but as soon as i use nvidia 435, 430 or 390 i get stuck with a login screen that wont log me in.
I've had no issues that ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Login loop upon entering the login details
I am having a login loop after removing "blacklist nvidiafb" from /etc/modprobe.d/ (It was framebuffer conf file) and putting it back with sudo nano because it looked terrible.
Well, when I removed ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 freezes after login
I have a new built PC.
I7-8700.
Asus prime z390-a.
GeForce rtx 2080.
8gb ram.
2tb m2.
2tb hard drive (not currently connected during ubuntu install).
After a couple of attempts I managed to install ...
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External monitor disconnects after login
I'm on 19.04 on a laptop with an nvidia 1070 GTX. I have an external monitor connected via mini display port that was working perfectly.
I've been rebooting a few times to encrypt some partitions (...
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How can I automatically start the Xbox Gamepad driver whenever I log in?
I would like to start the Xbox Gamepad driver whenever I log into my computer running 18.04.
So far, I always have to open a terminal and run
sudo xboxdrvr --detach-kernel-driver --daemon
(don't ...
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Nvidia Persistence Daemon/Login Loop 18.04
I recently switched to Ubuntu from Windows after a Windows 10 Update broke my computer and the repair tools/fresh install repeatedly failed.
I installed 18.4.02 and things were going great until I ...
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Login freeze on Ubuntu 18.04 + can't bring up shell (Ctrl + F2)
I know there are multiple threads on login freeze and the fixes that I found require the user to run shell and download some drivers. My problem is that I can't open the shell because either the ...
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Login loop after installing amd driver
After I installed amdgpu pro and reboot I cannot login to my pc. It's stuck in login screen forever. I use ctrl+alt+f3, it says
amdgpu-core not installed, use --fix-broken install.
That doesn't ...
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Login loop when switching to nvidia gpu
I am get stuck in the (in)famous login loop after installing nvidia gpu drivers.
I have Ubuntu 16.04, intel cpu, and nvidia geforce 840m.
I installed (in various way, see below) driver, but when I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 restarts after login, after trying to install CUDA
I was trying to install the CUDA Toolkit from the NVDIA website. After I ran
$ sudo sh cuda_10.1.105_418.39_linux.run
it began the installation, and it finished with errors, which said that I was ...
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Ubuntu flashes with a black screen without getting logged in
I was installing drivers for Nvidia GPU where I stopped lightdm to do so.
The drivers were installed through shell (ctrl+alt+f4) which I could verify.
And then I tried to login to my ubuntu desktop. ...
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issues with DKMS while installing nvidia drivers on ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I'm unable to install Nvidia driver, and got stuck in a login loop after trying to install the Nvidia driver from ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa. I tried installing version 396, but I am not able to ...
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Login screen is completely scrambled
I was happily using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS the other day, not a single issue. However, I got two new monitors and hooked them up to my graphics card.
After a reboot, I can no longer get into Ubuntu via ...
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Ubuntu works without nvidia but stuck at login screen with nvidia
I have Nvidia graphics card installed and the Ubuntu used to work without any issue till yesterday. Unfortunately, it is now stuck at the login screen. I switched to terminal mode (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and ...
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Stuck in login loop in Ubuntu 16.04 after installing NVIDIA
I recently updated my Linux kernel in Ubuntu 16.04 to 4.20.6 because of wifi issue. Now whenever I try installing NVIDIA drivers and reboot, I get stuck in login loop. Here is what Additional Drivers ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Won't Advance Past Login Screen
I am not sure what caused my current issue but I had recently installed a displaylink driver for a secondary Asus MB186B monitor connected via USB 3. After rebooting this worked fine. I was messing ...
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Not able to go after the login. It works only in recovery mode. How to check what is wrong?
I recently (less than 24h ago) reinstalled Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer. I don't know if it's relevant but I also have Windows 10 on it.
The strange fact is that right after I login in Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu login loop reappears after every reboot, how to fix it?
I tried everything here but nothing helped. What I found helped is to reinstall manually the proprietary nvidia driver(NVIDIA-Linux-x86_63-390.87.run). But only until the next restart. After that I am ...
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Login loop likely due to NVIDIA drivers with CUDA installed
A few days ago I ran a sudo apt update + upgrade on my Ubuntu 16.04. I had not done so for about 2 months. In the meantime, I had changed my graphics card from a GTX 1060 to a GTX 1070.
When today I ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 freezes after loging in
I recently installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 (Dual boot with win.10), and ever since the first login, it'd freeze after i logged in (typed pass & enter). The cursor would get stuck, and nothing would ...
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Ubuntu freezes after login. After trying almost everything
i spent the whole night with that issue, without a solution. I read almost every single post on google (google is completely violet already, almost no links to click on any more). Yesterday i bought ...
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