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After upgrade 23.04 to 24.04, one user got 'Oh no, something went wrong' on login
The thing is, my second user could log-in, and the system seemed to be functioning for them. My question really is, what could have gone wrong for the 'broken' user - which files does login use that ...
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Unable to switch user after upgrade to 24.04
I just upgraded from 23.10 to 24.04, after the upgrade dialog popped up. Since the upgrade, I'm unable to switch users.
At the login screen (lightdm), I can select any user, but once a session for the ...
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Frozen Login due to lack of space on Lubuntu 23.04 - Acer Chromebook N15Q10
my issue started after I checked for and applied (I think) a full system upgrade.
The issue is that I am faced with a frozen login screen after I've correctly entered my password entered. The mouse ...
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"Failed to connect" error when logging into system newly upgraded to 22.04.2
I just successfully upgraded a system from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.2, and am getting the following error when logging in:
Failed to connect to https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts. Check your ...
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Login loop after upgrading to Ubuntu 23.04
I upgraded from the LTS version to 22.10 which was fine and all, but after I upgraded to 23.04 my laptop got stuck in a login loop after logging in. Things I tried:
I tried to find the xauthority, ...
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Upgrade to Xubuntu 23.04, can't login, popup loop, tty login info doesn't work
Trying to login after upgrading to 23.04 via the GUI prompt. It warns of the dangers of not disabling your lock screen, but I was sure I didn't have a lock screen enabled.
The login prompt pops up, ...
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Login screen does not appear after upgrade to 23.04
Upgraded today to Kubuntu 23.04 from 22.10, simply using the prompt that popped up in the bottom right of the screen (warning me that 22.10 would reach EOL in less than 90 days).
All seemed to go well,...
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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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No login after updating to 22.04
I've been running Ubuntu 20.04 happily withing VirtualBox for some time.
I recently updated to 22.04 using the software updater.
After the upgrade, on booting the system would only get as far as ...
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login fails after upgrade ? How to reset password
I have just done an upgrade after receiving a notification.
I then went to command line F3 but the login failed.
Going back to normal with F1 put up the login page with the comment "Not Listed&...
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Login issues after upgrading to 22.04.1
After upgrading I have a strange issue when logging in. When I click on the user account the password window briefly appears, then disappears far too quickly for me to add in my password ~half a ...
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post upgrade to 22.04 login issues
I have upgraded my Dell Inspiron from 20.04 to 22.04 and since I have been unable to login to the GUI. I can get to a shell using the recovery image and su-ing from root to my user. I can change tty ...
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Slow login and blinking cursor on logout after upgrade 21.10 -> 22.04
After upgrading from 21.10 to 22.04, I've started experiencing 2 problems:
Logging in takes more than 20 seconds but only after locking, not so much at first login. Previously it took less than a ...
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Login loop after upgrade
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
When trying to log on the computer, I am caught in a login loop. I enter the right password, it logs in and gets back right away to the login again
I can login ...
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Login problem after upgrading to Ubuntu 21.10 - suspect keyboard
I have just upgraded to Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish)
When I tried to log in via gnome, my usual username/password wasn't recognised.
I then did Ctr Alt F1 (or F3? - I can't remember) and was able to access a ...
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Lubuntu - Black screen after login after updating
I have an Lubuntu 18.04 VM that I use for development on my Windows 10 machine. The Lubuntu virtual machine is running on a VirtualBox (version 6.1.62), and with the VirtualBox Addon Tools installed.
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After upgrading to Ubuntu-20.04.3 LTS OS rented VPS I can't reach the login screen without going into recovery mode
I recently rent a VPS with OS ubuntu-18.04-x86_64 LTS already installed. Then I tried to upgrade the OS to ubuntu-20.04.3 LTS, using the do-release-upgrade command.
After finishing the installation, ...
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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 on Ubuntu 20.04 with no . XAuthority
I have gotten into a login loop after upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04.
The cause might be that I upgraded from root?
Do you know any solutions to this?
(I have tried most of them but they didn't work)
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Upgrade to 21.04 - Graphic login problem + Fail to start Service for snap application ... livepattch
I am not an advance user of Ubuntu, using an old HP Envy Dv7 laptop. I am happy that finally I can upgrade my Ubuntu from 20.10 to 21.04 last night. The installation runs smoothly.
Once my computer ...
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Upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 and got the "Oh no, something has gone wrong" when trying to log in
First off, I'm a newbie and I started to dislike Apple's business plan so much I decided to give Linux a whirl.
I've been running a brand new desktop with Ubuntu 18.04 for about a year and a half and ...
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Login fails after upgrade of Ubuntu 20.04 kernel and headers
After an update (evidently kernel and headers, etc.) I was unable to logon as usual (graphic login screen). Neither the one configured user (Admin, with sudo privileges) nor root can log on in the ...
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System will not boot after sudo update and upgrade on 20.04 kubuntu
I am using kubuntu and used ubuntu studio add-on to get low latency kernel. After doing a sudo update and upgrade, the system stopped booting to the login screen.
I am able to switch to tty2 and login ...
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Infinite Login Loop after upgrade to 20.04
Dell Precision 7730, Intel i9, 64gb RAM, 2x 500GB SSD. Straight-up Ubuntu.
Just tried upgrading to 20.04 from 18.04.03, and facing an infinite login loop after it said it couldn't complete the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 login loop after upgrading from 16.04
I just upgraded my system from 16.04 to 18.04. It's on an old ThinkPad W520. Now I'm stuck in a login loop. I get GNOME or Ubuntu GUI just briefly, then it kicks me back to the login screen. I know it'...
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GDM cannot show user after upgrade to 20.04
I just upgraded from 18.04 to 20.04 on my workstation. It uses LDAP authentication. I already have an authenticated user. It used to be shown in GDM prior the upgrade. However after the upgrade only ...
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Some issues in logs after the upgrade to 20.04
I am a newbie in ubuntu, and would be most grateful if you could help me in an appropriate manner, please, if you can.
I have upgraded the 18.04 system to the 20.04 version on my v3-471G acer aspire ...
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stuck on login screen after Kubuntu 19 -> 20 upgrade
I feel a bit sheepish asking such a silly question, but how does one login in the new Kubuntu 20 login screen? Pressing Enter after typing my password does nothing, and I don't see any button to press ...
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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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After [sudo apt upgrade] Ubuntu 20 logs in to blank screen, but I can still ssh in?
I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad L480 purchased from Lenovo. Came with Windows 10 but I installed Ubuntu 20 on first boot. Worked great for a week. In the course of events I ran [sudo apt update] and [sudo ...
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amdgpu: module ABI major version (23) doesn't match the server's version (24)
After upgrading to 19.10, I can't log in. I'm stuck in a login loop. I searched around and found some suggestions to change permissions on the .Xauthority file, but I don't have a .Xauthority file in ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - Can’t log in after upgrade
I installed 20.04 (upgraded from 18.04) and cannot log in at all. I’ve tried changing my password using recovery mode, installing lightdm, and using Ctrl-Alt-F3.
Strangely, when using Ctrl-Alt-F3, I ...
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After upgrade to 19.10, still get login screen after enabling Auto Login, but can't log in
The following started after upgrading from 19.04 to 19.10 using LiveUSB.
After enabling Auto Login for my user account, I still get a login screen, and entering my password just knocks me back to the ...
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How can I recover from faulty 19.10 upgrade?
I recently upgraded my system from 19.04 to 19.10. I spent about a day and a half using the new system (19.10)... I added a few software platforms (e.g., Eclipse, Android Studio, etc.)
Now (without ...
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Login problem after upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04.2 LTS
The GUI lets me select one of my (two) users at start-up, then skips to the screen where I should enter the corresponding password. However as soon as that screen pops up it shows the message "...
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Login loop after upgrade from 18.10 to 19.04
I've tried the suggestion described in Cannot log in after update to 19.04 to no avail.
$ sudo apt install gnome-session gnome
Still stuck in bootloop though. I double-checked space left in the ...
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Login loop after upgrading to 19.04
I used the built-in upgrader to upgrade to 19.04 today, and I'm now stuck in a login loop. I have tried many solutions from forums, but nothing has worked. Is there something I'm missing or anything ...
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Authentication error at login after online upgrade to 18.04
I tried an online upgrade from 16.04.2 to 18.04.2 in February 2019, but have never been able to get beyond the initial GUI log-in that comes after grub, due to it always showing Authentication error.
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Cannot login after upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04
I recently tried to upgrade my laptop from 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS. The upgradation process was smooth; but when I try to log in, it is showing an Authentication Error
and then I get this black screen ...
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GUI login works, CLI login fails [duplicate]
If I try to login to a GUI via lightdm or sddm, no problem. If I try to login to a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+F1 or F2...) it lets you type a username and press enter but it then acts like something ...
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Can't enter password after upgrade to 18.04 [duplicate]
After upgrading to 18.04 the login prompt on my laptop acts really strange:
It wait's for the input of the user name and after pressing ENTER it behaves as if the ENTER key is stuck and gives no ...
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Login loop after base update on Ubuntu 18.04.1
I have exactly the same problem with this answer. I don't understand why that topic is closed.
I cannot login my desktop for first time after using and trusting the new Ubuntu so many months already.
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incorrect password for sudo and on screen lock, but correct while logging in right after reboot
I've this strange issue occurring after I upgraded the os from 16 to 18.
At first, it wouldn't let me in, saying that the password is incorrect even though it was right. So I rebooted with ...
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"Error found when loading /etc/profile:" after upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04
Recently, I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10. Now, each time I boot my machine I face an error message which reads as following:
"Error found when loading /etc/profile:
find: '/usr/lib/wims/bin': ...
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Recovering User After An Upgrade
So I recently did an upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04.5 ( planning to continue to 18.04.1 ) and when I logged in to what I thought was my user I saw that all my files weren't there. At first I thought ...
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Failed 18.04 upgrade
Upgraded 16.04 to 18.04, login screen does not come up, also, DOCK is missing from settings menu. No, uncommenting GDM3 custom.config WaylandEnable=false does not work.
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gdm3 doesn't working after upgrading from 18.04 to 18.10
I was using gdm3 in Ubuntu 18.04, after upgrading it stopped working (Similar screenshot in gdm3 does not start in ubuntu 18.04) I had no login screen.
Using tty I tried (from: Can't start ubuntu-...
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Server: No login prompt after upgrade, some services not starting
I just upgraded an Ubuntu server from 16.04 to 18.04. All went seemingly smooth, but after a restart I'm not able to log in.
The server boots, I can see all the usual logging output on the screen, ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 login loop problem with gnome; unity works fine
I just upgraded to 18.04 from 16.04. The upgrade went through with no error messages, but I hit the login loop right after the upgrade: at the login page, after typing the correct password, the screen ...
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Upgraded 16.04 to 18.04, won't let me log in
I just upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04. After rebooting, I get my normal login screen, which still says "Ubuntu 16.04". I click my name and enter my password, and so far get one of the three ...
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