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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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Gnome / OpenBox not working as display manager but lxqt / Lubuntu is
I need Gnome as my display manager. So this is a strange case.
I used to be a windows user but then I switched to Ubuntu and was using Gnome as usual. Everything was fine but one day I installed an ...
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24.04 crashing randomly to login screen [closed]
I have an i5 7600k + 32 GB RAM + RX 480 GPU. Ubuntu or GNOME will crash a few times a day or crash sometimes more frequently. It goes back to the login screen but everything is closed. Fresh install ...
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Center the login screen on Ubuntu 23.10
Since I got my Ubuntu 23.10 installed the login screen text box stays on the left, whereas I believe it should be in the center of the screen. Here is a picture of my login screen:
I don't know if ...
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pre answer gnome-initial-setup-first-login for all users to be created
Ubuntu 22.04.
Thanks to this page, I know how to completely disable the questions that all new user have to answer when they connect for the firs time.
I use this command to create an override:
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Ubuntu 22.04 login loop, Failed to start GNOME Display Manager
I'm facing an issue with my Ubuntu system. GNOME Display Manager fails to start at boot and I am unable to login into another tty. Any attempt to login will get me back to credentials prompt.
The only ...
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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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Gnome error during login
At the time of login in Ubuntu 23.10 & gnome 45.1, I'm faced with this screen.
after repeated attempts of logging-out & restarting, it finally lets me in.
I tried to pull some logs using:
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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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I faced an issue with start UI on Ubuntu 22.04 after login
Until now everything has worked well.But today when I tried to login happend next one.
I boot my Ubuntu and see login screen as usual.
I fill login and password fields as usual
After that system ...
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Login loop on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Xwayland and gnome-shell blocked
My Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS got stuck in login loop. I did nothing special to cause it (maybe some general Ubuntu updates). I tried suggestions from https://support.system76.com/articles/login-loop-ubuntu/ ...
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Unlock password dialog no longer granting access
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome on a Lenovo laptop.
About three months ago, my laptop started refusing my password when unlocking, both when the session timed out due to inactivity and when it was ...
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Ubuntu Graphical login freeze
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with no GUI envirovment. The OS has been just installed and no modification to the standard version downloadable from the website have been made.
I've recently installed ...
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Grey background overlays GDM3 wallpaper
i have a weird issue for a while. I have a GDM login screen on Ubuntu 23.04 set via Login Manager Settings, but when launching the system, wallpapers shows for a second and then gets overlayed by grey ...
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super + space not working in login page
on the login page, changing the keyboard language is not possible with super + space shortcut. by pressing super + space it shows changing language popup but does not affect keyboard language.
also in ...
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Export dconf settings by reading .config/dconf of another user
Is there a way to export dconf settings by reading some .config/dconf/ tree from another user (say, user2), instead of the current user1?
I have a problem whereby I cannot log into a Gnome session ...
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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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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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Ubuntu 22.04 very long log in
Logging into the system takes about 10-20 seconds even if the screen was locked a second ago. Sometimes it showed "snapd user session agent", when I removed snap the problem was gone, then ...
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Accidentally install ubuntu-desktop, how to get MATE back?
I'm using Ubuntu MATE 22.04.1 and I had a problem where my login screen disappeared so I tried to get it back by installing ubuntu-desktop. This brought the GUI back but also replaced MATE with Gnome ...
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Gnome Web crashes/freezes when logging into google account from settings menu
I am trying to add a google account to my ubuntu 22.04 installation. The account I want to add is my university email which is maintained via google and has a google drive associated with it etc. My ...
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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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Ubuntu 22.04LTS GDM3 Troubleshooting (Not loading desktop, only showing"Unlock Login Keyring"
After messing around on the Login screen, I found the little cogwheel that lets you change desktop environments. I clicked Kodi, logged in, and it worked fine, so then I decided to try Openbox and TWM ...
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How to change the Ubuntu login screen background in 22.10?
The login screen background is rather bland and I'd like to change it. I've tried using gnome-tweaks but to no avail. Alternatively, I also tried modifying the gdm3-theme.gresource file but was unable ...
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Gnome shell does not work with one user, but it works with a newly created one
EDIT:
As of now, I identified that the culprit is some setting in .config/dconf/, since I already restored all the rest of my original home dir to the newly created home dir, and it works fine.
I ...
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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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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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How can I disable the 'application search' view that appears after logging in, on Ubuntu 22.04?
When I login to Ubuntu 22.04, the view defaults to this 'application search' view.
Is there any way I can disable this and just go straight to the 'desktop' view. Also, what is this view called? Not ...
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How to set a timer that starts when I login and then alerts after a set time
I am monitoring my computer screen time usage and I often find myself running uptime --pretty and I would like to find out a better way. My goal is to to wrap my work up within 2 hours of sitting at ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Fingerprint not recognizing
I have enrolled the fingerprint but it doesn't recognize my fingerprint on the login screen.
OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Laptop: Asus Zenbook 14 UX430UAR
I checked if my device is supported or not in ...
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How to I enable my fingerprint reader on my ThinkPad X1 Yoga (Gen 2) in Ubuntu 21.10?
I've just installed the latest Ubuntu 21.10 on my new-to-me ThinkPad X1 Yoga Gen 2. I've kept the stock DE, Gnome 40.4.0. I'm working off Ubuntu's documentation, but I'm stuck on step 3:
Press on ...
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TTY 1 opens everytime I want to login on ubuntu 21.10 with Gnome 40
Recently a weird thing is happening, every time I try to login into my user account, ubuntu opens something similar to a TTY, but it is not exactly a TTY.
So what exactly happens is, I boot up my ...
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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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Ubuntu now always starts in overview mode when logging in. How to avoid?
Recently, Ubuntu 21.10 (Gnome 40.4.0, logging in with GNOME on Xorg) has started displaying the overview mode when I log in (normally, tapping Super achieves this). The first thing I have to do then ...
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Can't log in to Gnome session
EDIT
What I tried
To solve problem #2 below
Logging into VT2 and running
$ startx -- :0
(or :1) gives me
...
EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/user1/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log"...
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Stuck in bootloop. Login screen doesn't show up
I've recently decided to install kde-plasma-desktop Desktop environment, but it was laggy on my PC and so I decided to switch back to gnome. So I removed the kde-plasma-desktop package and other kde ...
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I have trouble logging in GNOME Fractal
I just created an account for gnome fractal in my browser as recommended by the application. Then i tried logging into the app, but seems like it is asking me for a matrix provider domain which also ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 long time during user login to desktop
I have Ubuntu 20.04 in my laptop, and it have fastest boot time about only 14 seconds to reach user space, but after entering password to login, it takes nearly 45 seconds to reach desktop.
I tried ...
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User account not appearing in setting or login screen
After a partial upgrade, I was presented with gnome initial setup where I was forced to create a new user. With this new user I noticed the my old user was not gone, it was just not appearing on the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 suddenly very slow to load the Desktop [about 30s]
I'm experiencing a long time between login and having access to my desktop. Almost 32s in this black screen showing only the cursor.
I don't know how to provide the proper information and the terminal ...
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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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How to set umask to u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx for all ways of logging in without root privileges on 20.04.2?
I am working on an Ubuntu 20.04.2 box that I do not have root privileges on. I would like to set my umask to u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx (aka 022) no matter how I log in. I want to set it for GNOME sessions ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Login loop after lots of updates
I can get to the login screen, and try to login, but then it just flashes and takes me right back.
I've uninstalled my Nvidia drivers since that was one of the things that got updated. And I tried to ...
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Ubuntu 20.10: Change from gnome to Cinnamon on the login screen and not just after login
With this command and after login desktop choice:
sudo apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment
I am able to use the Cinnamon interface after login.
But after terminating the session or restarting ...
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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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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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i3 + gnome keyring issue
I have Ubuntu 20.04 desktop with Gnome. A few months ago I switched to i3, and I like it!
The only issue I have is that when I run some software that needs Gnome Keyring it misbehaves, for example, ...
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Gnome shell failure. Extensions not working
All of the sudden, Gnome shell extensions stopped working.
Anyone know what could be the issue or where to start looking for it?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and GNOME Shell 3.36.4.
Here are some logs:
Sep ...
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Ubuntu blank screen after login
I login to my ubuntu via command line and it is ok. However, via GUI it shows me a blank screen after the login. I tried many solution which did not work:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt update
sudo ...
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