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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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Problem with script executed in /etc/X11/Xstartud.d/50-myconf
I am trying to update a script inside /etc/X11/Xstartup.d/00-myconf. It
contains a command that works well when tested manually, but not in the script. This command uses a pair of RSA keys to ssh into ...
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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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Autologin disabled, but being logged in a few seconds after I try to type my password (suddenly started happening)
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.3 on an LG gram 2-in-1 laptop. According to the settings, my GNOME version is 42.9 and my windowing system is X11. I have only one monitor and have never had any extra monitors ...
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Unexpected session logout when opening settings
Every time I open settings (from the right corner menu or by searching it with SUPER), a black screen appears and then the login is displayed.
After re-login the whole session is lost.
Here is the ...
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Login screen hangs, login only after restarting X
For a while, I experience regularly that the login screen on Ubuntu Studio 22.04 hangs, just a few seconds after it has appeared. That means: I can move the mouse pointer, but the cursor freezes and I ...
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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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All users not visible after screen lock. Only logged in user is visible
When i lock screen from top right pull down menu. I am not able to login into other users as rest of users are not visible. When I press ctrl alt f1 while logged in I sent to black screen with a ...
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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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EIther looping in login or screen becomes yellow and red while using xorg
I am new to Ubuntu and trying to work things out. So I would like to try out login option with xorg to be able to share screen. But it either sends me back to login page after a black screen, or shows ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS very long X session login due to 90xbrlapi
I have a problem on my desktop where login takes a minute or two. During that time the screen stays black. I have checked syslog and found a quite large time gap when the X session runs /etc/gdm3/...
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Xsession hangs in sudo edubuntu-langpack-installer
After an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04, the graphical login stopped working. The display manager did not show up anymore.
After some dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 and other things, that seems to work now ...
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First user logs in using X11, switch user logs in using Wayland
I would like to use X11 for all user logins on my Ubuntu 22.04 setup so I uncommented WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf.
After a reboot, the first user logs in and echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE is ...
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Login loop on Ubuntu 20.4 with x11 after update
I am using Ubuntu 20.4lts(single os without dual boot). After an update yesterday, I cannot log in any more with x11 on my desktop. The only way to login is using wayland, which creates problems for ...
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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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Can't log in using wayland Ubuntu 22.04
I am having difficulties logging into my computer (I can ssh in to access make changes, etc). When using /etc/gdm3/custom.conf #WaylandEnable=false I can't log in. After I enter my password, the ...
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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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Xmodmap: How to get Xmodmap on autostart
I am using "Ubuntu Xorg" inside of Ubuntu 21.10, cause on normal Ubuntu it was not possible for me to set up xmodmap inside of gnome applications (e.g. Firefox, LibreOffice, Terminal). My ...
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Displaying login screen on x-screen 1
I am working on a system (Ubuntu 20.04) configured with multiple x-screens.
Currently the login screen and desktop are displayed on x-screen 0
Is it possible to change the x-screen on which the login ...
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Lightdm(with slick-greeter) only starts AFTER tty login
I recently installed slick-greeter, and have wrestled with various configuration issues, and spent quite some time searching various threads across various distros for the issue I'm seeing.
That is, ...
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Ubuntu 21.10 boots to black screen
Yestarday I upgraded from Ubuntu 21.04 to Ubuntu 21.10 but when I rebooted my laptop (Asus X505BA) and tried to login with Xorg I got a blackscreen. After that, I restarted my laptop again and I tried ...
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Xauthority file inside /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority instead of my home directory
I'm currently experiencing the log-in loop bug, and I found out that the .Xauthority file isn't in my home drive at all, but rather inside /run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority. None of the websites I used to ...
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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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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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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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System-wide x11vnc for GDM on 20.04
I'm trying to setup system-wide x11vnc so even if no users are logged in, I can remotely connect and start a Gnome session. I followed this tutorial on the Arch Linux wiki as it seemed to mirror ...
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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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After upgrade to Xubuntu 20.04.1 white screen after login
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I updated my Xubuntu 18.04 to 20.04.1LTS, and stuck with issue. After i enter password for my user and press enter, i see white screen and cursor. If i press Alt+F4 (there should be a ...
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Short black screen after login
When I login in to Ubuntu my monitor goes black, almost as If it switching resolution, and then when it comes back on the desktop appears. How do I get it so that the monitor stays on during the login ...
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Desktop Environment Initialization Delay in 20.04 (PLEASE HELP!)
Specs
Display Manager: lightdm 1.30.0
Desktop Environment: gnome 3.36.3 (though I also tried xfce)
Problem/Background
Once I login, all I can see (for at least a minute) is the wallpaper and mouse. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 does not login with Xorg
The login on my Ubuntu 20.04 suddenly stopped working. After entering the password, it get stuck at a purple screen with the mouse pointer. This is not a fresh install and it was working ok until past ...
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Cannot open log file Xorg.pid
I encounter serious problem. When I am trying to login to my LDAP User, gdm doesn't start my user session and want me to log in again.
I have connection to LDAP Server
I can login to that account on ...
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Broke xauth, stuck in login loop, no $DISPLAY env set
Yesterday I fiddled with Xauth because in my Steam client log there were some errors about not being able to authenticate with X:
Could not connect to X session manager: Authentication Rejected, ...
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20.04 login loop after update - startx not working
I'm experiencing a login loop after updating (automatic updater) this morning and the suggested solutions I found don't help. Meaning:
Auto login is disabled in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Permissions of ....
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Can't type password in log in screen after installing lightdm. Switched to Xorg from Wayland
I had some trouble running team-viewer, so I followed this advice. I installed lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
and changed the setting to 'lightdm'-Xorg. Previously it was Wayland I believe.
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How to auto start Xserver after boot?
I was "Desktop Environment Hopping" and I broke the Unity DE in ubuntu. I have reinstalled the unity desktop. But ubuntu is not entering into login screen gui or gnome shell gui after boot.
I am able ...
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Login loop GUI three desktop environments
I just reinstalled Ubuntu 18.04 and initially had problems with no GUI. After some help, I got Gnome and lightDM but now I am stuck in a login loop.
A while earlier I was able to login, but there ...
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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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how to debug failed logins?
I am using Ubuntu Linux and have two users configured for the machine.
I can successfully login for one user, but the other user always fail.
I deleted the .Xauthority file from the user where ...
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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 18 autologin only works if monitor is on
I have autologin enable in Ubuntu 18 and it only works if my monitor is powered on, otherwise it will not login.
I asked a similar question recently and realised that it wasn't a consistent non-login ...
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Stuck in the Ubuntu 19.10 login loop
For the last few days, I’ve been working happily using Ubuntu 19.10 64 bit on my Dell Optiplex 390. It’s been running smoothly until I used Gnome Boxes (VM software) with Windows 7 Pro. The Optiplex ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 stuck in login loop with missing .Xauthority file and .ICEauthority
Ubuntu 18.04 stuck in login loop with missing .Xauthority file
I am having same problem specified in the given link . Can someone please help me
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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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Persistent Login loop 16.04.3
Received workstation with Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS preinstalled from Dell.
Computer: Dell Precision 3630
Login loop immediately upon open box.
ctrl alt F1 works and I have access to 2 accounts I created ...
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How does login get to startx
Looking at the output of 'ps ax', how does login get to startx? See below.
init starts /bin/login
login starts startx -- HOW? What file is executed to get to startx?
1297 1 Ss+ tty1 ...
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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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lightdm fails to start
I bought a Dell Vostro 3583 with pre-installed Ubuntu 18.04 with gnome3. I wanted to use lightdm and Xfce so I ran:
sudo apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies and some other packages
After configuring ...
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No config file found for LightDM
I am trying to change the greeter-session in LightDm, but I am unable to find any lightdm.conf in etc/ lightdm.
This is what's inside etc/lightdm -
The lightdm.conf.d folder is empty.
Also file ...
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Can't login via lightdm
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 that is setup for remote logins via XDMCP/LightDM. Authentication is done via LDAP/SSSD. Everything works fine and users can login into KDE Plasma, except that for some users ...
