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Can't login into GUI-- Boot as guest --login loop
I hope somebody can help me with this frustrating problem.
I'm running ubuntu 12.04, when I start my PC, it boots me into the login screen as guest. When I try to login, I always return as guest into ...
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access/login to user profile/folder in VM ubuntu 12.04 lts [duplicate]
When I click log in to login to my user profile, the screen turns black for a fews seconds you can see a few lines (trying to start and get kick out?) and then just returns to the log-in menu.
It logs ...
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How to hide administrator account or root in Login screen? [duplicate]
I used Ubuntu 12.04 and I want to only user account appear on the Login screen without guest and administrator account. My administrator account cannot view to everybody when their Login.
"greeter-...
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Login screen bumps back to login screen
Ubuntu froze, so I had to perform a hard-reboot. But then when I tried to login, all I see is a brief Nvidia splash screen and then it reloads the login screen. I'm completely locked out of Gnome ...
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Cannot login after upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04
I recently upgraded from ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 and faced the filesystem check or mount failed issue as described here: Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10: Filesystem check or mount failed
The solution worked but ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login returns me to login manager, how to diagnose? [duplicate]
This started with me adding a graphics card to my system. When I booted up, ubuntu complained that the graphics config had changed, and gave me a terminal session. I copied /etc/X11/xorg.conf....
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Select account based on password instead of username
Sometimes I might be forced to open my PC in front of strangers for some reason.
In front of other people, I would like to make it appear that I'm logging in normally into my computer, but secretly I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS always stuck in Login First time, but to recovery screen second time
Presently Installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as stand alone through USB overwriting older linux versions option. Previously installed as dual with Windows XP. Then for about 7 times as stand alone with custom ...
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Problem with changing login screen
I tried several time to change my log in screen by using sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm. I choose lightdm from here. But my log in screen is unchanged and look like below.
How can I change this and ...
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How can I add Images for each user to Ubuntu 12.04 Logon Screen?
I am not talking about having unique backgrounds on the login screen.
What I am looking for is a icon image besides each user name on the logon screen. This was something that was possible in ubuntu ...
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Login Screen Makes Me Login 4 Times
Using Ubuntu 12.04, after coming back from suspend mode, I find that I consistently can't login on first try. It usually makes me have to go through it twice, but then it became 3 times, and now it's ...
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Cannot login to 12.04 in the GUI
I have 12.04 on my machine, and after a shut down and a restart I haven't been able to log into the GUI, after entering my password, it switches back to the GUI and does not accept it.
I've tried ...
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Black screen with mouse cursor upon boot, Fixed by logging in
Recently I had to reinstall my ubuntu 12.04 due to some kernel installation issues.
So i grabbed a new livecd and installed it.
Went on to configure drivers and settings.
I have bumblebee installed ...
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Login screen shows "User" instead of my actual account name
So I installed Ubuntu 12.04, created my admin account as well as 2 non-admin accounts. Now, at the login page, it displays my account name as "User" instead of my actual account name. Everything else ...
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When logging into i3 WM with GWM login loop
After I boot up and attempt to login from GWM with i3 WM selected, the screen goes blank for a few seconds then goes back to the login-screen. I can login with any other WM, such as unity, gnome.etc
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Sometimes when I boot up my Toshiba Satellite L875D lap top running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS it does not detect my keyboard
I have the follow issue. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Toshiba Satellite L875D and sometimes when I boot up my machine it reaches the log in session where I am supposed to type my password but my ...
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LTS 12.04 update NVIDIA driver 319.32 reconfigured not able to get past login screen
I've encountered a similar problem as
Nvidia driver updated - mixed versions of 304.88 and 319.32
and
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Black Screen at boot After changing Nvidia Driver
Using what I found there, I ...
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Changed my display manager to lightdm-gtk-greeter. Now I can't login
Last night I edited the default-display-manager file and changed my default display manager from lightdm to lightdm-gtk-greeter. Then I edited the lightdm-gtk-greeter config file and changed the ...
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GMA 3150. Black screen before login
I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04, 13.04 and Mint 15, but I got the same bug. It's a Lanix Lt netbook with a GMA 3150 graphic card.
When I boot from the liveCD (on a USB) works perfectly. But when the ...
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Login loop, can only login as Guest. Ubuntu 12.04
My computer wont allow me to login unless its as guest.
I have pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1 and can login using my administrator account there, but not in the normal interface.
I have done updates and ...
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How do I change the default logon screen in 12.04 [duplicate]
I'm wondering how I would go about changing the default logon screen (just the background) in Ubuntu 12.04. I can't seem to figure it out.
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Ubuntu 12.04LTS stuck at login mouse and keyboard not responding
I have Ubuntu 12.04LTS installed on a dual-booted machine i5 dual core 8G RAM and it's been working fine, but today for some reason when I logged out and tried to log back in
it is stuck at the login ...
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Very slow mouse on login screen
I have just finished installing Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 32 bits on my Toshiba Satellite L355D-S7809 laptop. I have performed apt-get update and upgrade and rebooted. The mouse movement on the login screen ...
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I can't access to my session [duplicate]
I try to log in my session but the login screen reappeared each time , the password is correctly entered.
NB: the guest session is accessible
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blank login screen for laptop with Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
I have been using Ubuntu 12.04, current kernel is 3.5.0.02-generic.
I have downloaded and installed 2 days ago Intel Linux Graphics Installer deb file suitable for Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset ...
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can't login in GUI of ubuntu 12.04
I have done extensive search for the answer to this problem:
On the login in page, after tying password, my screen turns dark for a second and becomes the login page again. the guest account doesn't ...
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Ubuntu on login shows messages from the linux boot process
I face this weird problem when it comes to login to my Ubuntu system.
It doesn't happen all the time.When it happens I press the Enter button and after that the system shows the normal login screen.
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Ubuntu not allowing me to log in after upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04
I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 and it went fine. After restart, when I try to log in from my root user it shows a command screen in a split second and then returns back to the log in screen ...
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12.04 Can wireless network be active at login?
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 box that is no longer going to be used as a desktop. I would like to be able to switch it on and let it automatically connect to the wireless network so i can ssh into it if ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen finite loop and keep end my session
The difference between this issue and other threads about: "login screen loop" is that in my case it's a finite loop which means it runs five times and then I can type my password and start my session....
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How can I change the login screen?
My login screen has changed automatically. I want to change it wants. Where can I do it them?
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"Shut down" takes me to greeter now?
UPDATE - Removing my USB wifi dongle seems to cure the problem. So does disabling networking (but not disabling wifi alone). Now what?
UPDATE 2 - The 'uptime' command says there are 2 users logged in. ...
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Locked out of admin account; but the password is right in shell; password changed too!
I have a dual boot, win 7 and the latest lts 12.xx. I tried logging into my regular account but it keeps refusing to open. There is no message saying anything was incorrect, but that message still ...
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Login Wallpaper Spanning Dual Monitors in 12.04
Is there a way to make the background on the login screen span dual monitors rather than being mirrored? I know it's possible for the actual wallpaper when you're logged in but can't find an option ...
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Unable to sign in. How to debug?
I had to reboot system with reset button. After reboot I can't sign in. When I enter my password It seems like X-server just restarts.
I can sign-in as guest and also I can sign-in in text TTY. Here ...
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How to get 12.04's login screen (lightdm) to display the shutdown menu like 10.04 when the computer's physical power button is pressed?
In Ubuntu 10.04 while at the login screen (gdm), when the computer's physical power button was pressed a screen popped up that offered options on shutting down the system (shutdown, restart, cancel, .....
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12.04 Login gone wrong
I seem to have a fault in the login procedure somewhere. When I boooted up I found that if I selected Guest I could use the computer. If I selected my administrator account I was taken straight to ...
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Ubuntu freezing after boot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
12.04 stuck at the login screen
I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS dual booting with windows 7 on my laptop without any problems and felt like ...
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I uninstalled Ariya in Kubuntu, how do I install it again?
I have installed Kubuntu 12.04 LTS. By mistake, I removed default login screen (Ariya).
It is now showing this message:
Cannot login /user/shared/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/ariya
Now I am not able to ...
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Can't type my username and password, random freeze at login [closed]
My netbook runs a dual OS(Windows7 & Ubuntu 12.04). After Ubuntu login screen appears, that’s it, it gets hanged, can't even move my cursor nor type my user name.
I had to turn off my system and ...
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Cycles through black screen on login after changing password [duplicate]
On my laptop, I forgot the password to my Ubuntu partition, so I logged into the root command shell on the recovery start up option in GRUB so that I could change the password.
On my first attempt to ...
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capture login screen-not sucssecful
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 . If more information is needed, please tell me.
I Tried some guides to cature my login screen:
How can I take a screenshot of the login screen?
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-...
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Black Screen After Logoff
Every time I logoff from Ubuntu 12.04 I get a black screen. If I logon again as if I could really see what I'm doing, the screen returns to normal. This doesn't happen with other two users on the same ...
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How to add a keyboard layout to the login screen?
The login screen only shows my default keyboard layout, how can I add different ones, so that other users can select these if they want?
Additionaly: is there a way to allow users to select arbitrary ...
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How do I log in with a user that is not included on the list in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I have created a system user so as to keep it out of the login screen with sudo adduser --group --system markpaskal, but I cannot login from the greeter because there ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 stuck on log-in screen after updating OpenTTD
I had updated OpenTTD to the latest version however the update crashed in Software Center half-way through.
I restarted my laptop but when I get to the log-in screen and after entering my password, a ...
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Remove Ubuntu login screen from Xubuntu 12.04
I fresh installed Ubuntu 12.04 then recently installed xubuntu-desktop on top of it as I don't like Unity's slowness.
Still when logging in it shows Ubuntu style login screen. Now I want to bring ...
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How do I remove the Accessibility options/icon from the login screen?
Have young kids that manage to foul up Ubuntu by playing with the universal access options at the login screen. Tried following the directions for 10.04 but the stated directories don't exist in 12.04 ...
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Starting minecraft logs me out of ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
Whenever I start minecraft I can only get past the login screen. After that, the screen flashes dark, occasionally showing a Checking battery state ... [OK], and then it brings me to the login ...
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How to swap the language before login as per the old GDM login screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set the login manager to enable change languages at login?
I used to run Ubuntu 10.04 on an computer.
When upgarde to 12.04 I have got a totally new login screen.
I'm ...
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