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Cannot login to Ubuntu via either GUI or virtual terminal
When I try to login to Ubuntu 14.04 from the GUI, it flicks back to the login screen. Also, I am not able to login via guest session.
When I try to login via Ctrl+Alt+f1, it shows I have logged in, ...
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Black login screen after decryption splash screen on 14.04
I got a thumb drive with Ubuntu on it from a friend. It was working fine except for the touchpad and in the process of trying to fix the touchpad I messed something up. Now after I type in the ...
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Can't login after AMD video driver installation
I installed AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 15.12 driver to Ubuntu 14.04.5.
And now I can't login: there is no any error, it tries to login and then return to login menu.
I tried to login via ...
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GUI Login Stuck in Loop after Update
I know from searching that this has come up multiple times in the last few years. However most of the solutions are simply to ensure the ownership of .Xautority is set properly and that 777 is set as ...
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Unity Login Screen Replaced After GNOME Install
I installed the GNOME desktop environment through the Ubuntu Software Center on Ubuntu 14.04. It installed correctly, but the default login screen got changed to the GNOME login screen. Unity by ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 admin account doesn't show desktop icon, it just shows blank desktop wallpaper
When I try to login to my Admin account on Ubuntu 14.04 it just shows the desktop wallpaper and nothing else.Then I tried to login to my Guest account and it's working perfectly.
Thanks, Joon
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Stuck after login (frezee after login screen)
I have a problem with my Ubuntu (14.04 LTS). My computer become crash after login (it took about 3-5 minutes to login). After that, It operated at very low speed.
The solutions I tried (and not ...
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Mouse and Keyboard stopped working after upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04
Mouse and Keyboard stopped working after upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. So I guess it's because the USBs ceased to work. Though I can reach the login screen, I can't really log in as I have no way to ...
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Unable to login into Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 (On VM Player) but unable to login suddenly. I am entering the correct password, because if I enter wrong password it gives password error message, and not otherwise.
It just ...
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Problems to login in Ubuntu 14.04 after new update (Friday) [duplicate]
Yesterday (November 4), I update my Ubuntu 14.04. After that I can't login. It something like a loop. I type the password, enter and it's return to login-screen.
The same happen if try the guest mode....
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Login Loop ubuntu 14.04
My Ubuntu 14.04 is stuck when trying to login my desktop. The screen goes black and soon after that the login screen comes back.
I've tried ubuntu 14.04 login loop problem and Ubuntu gets stuck in ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 login loop, cant use cmd prompt
after being away from my computer all summer i decided to boot up ubuntu yesterday and was faced with with the dreaded login loop. Its happened before to me but i was able to bring up the prompt (ctrl-...
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Monitor setup during login is different to after login [duplicate]
I have two monitors plugged into my machine. Monitor 1 connects via HDMI, and Monitor 2 connects via DVI. Physically, Monitor 1 is on the left of Monitor 2. In Screen Display Settings, Monitor 1 is ...
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Login cause loop with error
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 with Oracle VM on a laptop : GS60 6QE.
Use to have graphic problem with Ubuntu, but at least I can work.
Suddenly I can't login normally.
I'm on it for hours now ... If ...
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14.04 hangs after login, no desktop
Mouse is still responsive, guest account can login and I can still login to my account through tty1. I've tried reinstalling ubuntu-desktop but it didn't change anything.
I'm not sure what other ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 login loop Unity terminated with status 1
I have ubuntu 14.04 and am stuck in a login loop problem despite trying the common answers to the multitude of questions on the site ,none have worked. I can't figure out what's wrong and would be ...
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After Upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 login screen runs in a loop while console login works
I am on a DELL Precision 5510 Ubuntu Edition with Ubuntu 14.04 as default installation. Today I upgraded from 14.04. to 16.04 as shown here
The upgrade went without any error messages. However, after ...
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HUGE PROBLEM! Can't log in to Ubuntu 14.04 after upgrade to 15.10, stuck at login screen
So I started the upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 15.10. Everything was going okay until it logged out. Even the guest session is not working tried upgrading from terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1 but ...
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Add different languages to Ubuntu log in screen?
So I am after installing Ubuntu, and it is after booting up for the first time. Here is the problem, it only has my native (Lithuanian) keyboard input available. But my password has special characters ...
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Login screen Ubuntu. How to add to ubuntu 14.04?
When I installed Ubuntu I didn't switch on login requirement. So when I'm connecting to Ubuntu using VNC I instantly see my desktop?
Is it ok for my PC performance? There is installed apache server. ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 / VMware - initial screen size
When VMware Workstation starts my Ubuntu 14.04 image, there are 3 screens that it goes through. There is a) the terminal mode (runlevel 3) where the system boots. There is b) the initial login ...
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cannot login ubuntu desktop after change passwd
Yesterday I changed passwd with recovery mode. After I resumed normal boot, it only shows guest session and other but not my account. How can I fix it?
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14.04 Login Loop [duplicate]
I know there are already several questions about this problem. However, I did not find a solution using the answer already provided.
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS dual-boot alongside Windows 8. ...
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Immediately returns to login screen after logging in [duplicate]
So I just had a software update on ubuntu 14.04 and now when I try to login, it just sits there for a few seconds then returns to the login screen. I've tried restarting and doing a few things I found ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 stuck in gui login loop and after fix attempt no login gui
My Ubuntu 14.04 was stuck in a login loop under all profiles including the Guest profile. I do get a terminal session through ssh from another computer, and I can Ctrl-Alt-F3 to a terminal. I tried ...
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Not able to sudo after running `chown -R username:usergroup /*` [duplicate]
I am fairly new to Ubuntu. I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04 version. I am stuck into a problem that my primary user account is not functioning after i ran a command chown -R username:usergroup /* on ...
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Login Failure( redirects to login after enterning password ) in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
I'm unable to login to my account in Ubuntu. The login Screen appears and I choose me root account, enter the password and press enter. But unfortunately a black screen is displayed for couple of ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Crashes Back to LogIn Window
Just recently crashes started and it simply gets me back to the login window. During the crash, it briefly outlines the message "Starting LightDM Display Manager" and goes to the login window. Once I ...
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Stuck at login screen in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]
When I've start my system, Ubuntu 14.04, my login screen got stuck, with mouse cursor in middle of the screen. However, sometimes system allow me to enter my credential but the results are same and ...
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How to reinstall Ubuntu 14.04's default login screen [duplicate]
I was playing around with the different Window Managers and I ended up uninstalling the default login screen (I think) How can I reinstall that without reinstalling the whole distro?
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Can't log in in Ubuntu 14.04 after install realtek drivers
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Ubuntu 14.04
Kernel 3.16.0-46-generic
I had a problem with wifi network and I try to install drivers from github rtlwifi_new and then I had a huger problem, because now I can not log in ...
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Webkit-greeter only changes after a restart, not when logging out or locking computer
On Ubuntu 14.04, I installed the lightdm-webkit-greeter using sudo apt-get install lightdm-webkit-greeter
then, I did the following to get the greeter I wanted:
cd /usr/share/lightdm-webkit/themes/
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14.04 USBs powered off at login screen
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with a Dell normal desktop PC. I've been suffering this issue from the very beggining.
Randomly, the USBs ports seem disconnected/powered off at the login screen, before ...
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My linux won't let me get in as user or even as a guest in login screen
I opened my computer and it was good and all , but then when my desktop was supposed to appear , there was some kind of log in window that has 2 options, to log in as my user name or as a guest.
The ...
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Cannot login from lock screen
On a new 14.04 setup I am having an issue where I cannot login from the lock screen. When my screen locks, the only way I can login is by selecting to login as a different user, which takes me back ...
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How can we set custom image as background for desktop and login screen [duplicate]
If we select default wallpapers in Ubuntu as desktop background image it will automatically set the same image as login screen. But if we use a custom image as a wallpaper it will only change the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 Returns to Login Screen After Login
When I type in my password to my newly installed Ubuntu 14.04 computer, it returns me to the login screen. I've seen other answers but those were to Ubuntu 13.04 and older and didn't work.
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I can't login to Ubuntu on Virtualbox
When I enter my password and press enter, it processes for a while and then loops me right back to the account login screen again. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.
I've tried using the advice on this thread ...
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/usr/bin no longer in path after booting into windows 7
I have a dual booted windows 7 / ubuntu 14.04 computer. Everything in ubuntu worked fine until I booted into windows and then switched back to ubuntu. Now when I try to login it keeps sending me ...
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Can't login into Ubuntu VM
I've installed Ubuntu 14.04 32 bits into VirtualBox on a Windows 8.1 32 bits, but when I try to login, it just sits there for a while thinking, a black screen pops and it goes back to the users, it ...
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No sound after login in 14.04
I have clean install of Ubuntu 14.04. I had some kind of freeze yesterday and after I rebooted the laptop I have no sound in system. But I do have sound on login screen - I hear the "banging" sound.
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Ubuntu 14.04 not logging in after NVIDIA update
I want to run a cuda program on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit, but the error i got was:
cuda driver version is insufficient for cuda runtime
So i downloaded nvidia driver from its official website. I ...
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Login screen background wallpaper not changing with Dfcon-editor nor Ubuntu Tweak [Ubuntu 14.04]
I am trying to set a new background image for my log in but I can't.
I tried configuring via Dconf-editor with root mode but every time I set the new image and set to True the draw-user-backgrounds ...
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14.04 couldn't log in
I couldn't log in to my user account. When I tried it the screen returned to the log in screen. I am able to log in using ctrol alt f1 or an new created account, but not my own. Also rm /.Xautority ...
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ubuntu 14.04 login loop problem
My Ubuntu 14.04 is stuck when trying to login my desktop. The screen goes black and soon after that the login screen comes back.
I followed all steps in Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop but the ...
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login freeze after suspend on 14.04 (not nvidia related...)
I have been having trouble with my notebook lately... I run 14.04 LTS version of ubuntu on a thinkpad x1 carbon form lenovo (2nd generation), and it seems like everytime I wake my laptop from suspend, ...
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Stuck on login screen, everything plugged in is unresponsive
Whilst downloading version 14.04, my mother manually restarted the computer by holding the power button in. Upon restart, the mouse and keyboard do not work, the speakers would not play the start up ...
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Black and white screen after "successful" LightDM login screen rotation in Ubuntu Mate 14.04
I have rotated LightDM login screen as suggested by Stephen and got black and white greeter (see photo).
Sometimes the problem disappears after login, but occasionally it remains on session.
I am ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 login loop - Guest sessions does not work either
I have been using Ubuntu 14.04 soon after it is released. Today I messed something up with the Chinese input ibus, and I don't know if this is the reason at all, but when I reboot using sudo shutdown -...
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Two Monitors, login does not show up - Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to use Ubuntu 14.04 on my PC. I have two monitors and an ATI Radeon HD 4770 Video Card.
The thing is, after installing Ubuntu, and after reboot, the login screen does not show up, and the ...
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