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Ubuntu login not working, Login always fails even if we enter the correct user name
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 in VirtualBox. On boot, the screen shows black after the Ubuntu loading screen.
So I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F2 to enter a command line login,
but when I enter my username and press ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 suspends screen while still active
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and even when I am working, with mouse and keyboard activity the system suspends and the login screen flashes. I changed the power option but the problem remains.
Here is the ...
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Can't login after suspend in Ubuntu 16.04
I have dual booted my system with Ubuntu 16.04. Whenever I close the lid of my laptop and open it I can't login at all.
I can use mouse on login screen but can't type anything. Then I need to restart ...
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How to switch languages on login and lock screens?
I have configured Ctrl+Shift to switch languages in Ubuntu. Unfortunately, this combination doesn't work on neither login screen nor lock screens.
How to switch languages on login and lock screens?
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Brightness and volume keys don't work when logged out
The flight mode key and enable/disable touch-pad keys work on the other hand. The lock screen key for some reason makes a character appear in the password entry box.
Also, the volume settings appear ...
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I cannot log in to my account on Ubuntu desktop
I see the log-in screen but when I select one and enter the password it fails to log me in. It easily enters into guest account by the way.
I suspected there is some graphical problem and checked ...
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Stuck in login loop Ubuntu 16.04
I need some advice for working towards a resolution to my current login loop issue in Ubuntu Desktop 16.04. When I try to sign in locally, after I input the correct password, the gui prompts for the ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 login loop, unity-panel-service-lockscreen fails
After installing several updates and restarting Ubuntu 16.04, I was greeted with a strange looking login screen. When I try to login the same screen temporarily disappears and then reappears.
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Correct password fails to login (login loop) in Ubuntu 16.04
I know this question asked so many times before but none of the solutions worked for me. My OS is Ubuntu 16.04.5 (alongside Win10) when I type the correct pw it enters the login loop.
journalctl ...
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Ubuntu 1604 Mate, takes 4 Minutes to load, short splash screen and weird Login screen
I'm running Ubuntu 1604LTS on a Dell Vostro 1710 and Ubuntu takes forever to load. In addition to this, the plymouth splash screen is always upended, which means I get the kernel messages instead. ...
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Login Screen Changed and Login not working
Actually, in the initial case, my ctrl and shift button were not working properly, so I followed the answers posted in this link:
Shift keys not working properly,
I run the following commands:
sudo ...
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Long delay after logging in but before desktop appears
I am a new user to ubuntu 16.04. After entering correct password for logging into desktop screen, just before it appears there is a delay of approximately 10 second where the screen just shows the ...
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Drumroll sound not working in Ubuntu 16.04
Whenever I login into my Ubuntu system, I don't hear the welcome drumroll sound effect, even though I get to hear it if I try to close Firefox. All other sounds are working. I used to hear it earlier, ...
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Custom button on login screen
Is there a way in 16.04 LTS to add a custom button to the login screen that runs a bash script?
The reason I need this is for dual-booting, so I can add a button on the login screen that will switch ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Login Loop After Update
Last Tuesday, I performed an software update for Ubuntu and related software. Seeing how they required a reboot, I restarted my PC and went to log back in. Only to find that I could not log back in ...
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Changing the background of the login screen changes the design of the login screen
In 16.04, to change the background of the login screen, I followed the accepted answer at How do I change the login screen in Ubuntu 16.04+?, however, when I selected the new background, the theme of ...
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Stuck in an infinite loop at login on Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I tried to fix a login loop on Ubuntu 16.04 by running
mv .Xauthority .Xauthority.bak
But this still did not fix my issue, and the log in page got really slow.
It seems like my graphics card is not ...
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Fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 - stuck on login screen
I just installed ubuntu 16.04, which I'm dual-booting with windows 10 on a separate drive. When I boot, I'm greeted with this screen and nothing else:
https://i.sstatic.net/pbuVb.jpg
I can open a ...
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Why does the lock screen adds a white dot grid over the background image?
I'm already aware of how to remove the dots from the login screen per these questions:
Unity greeter login screen has a garbled white dot grid?
How do I remove the dots from the lockscreen in Ubuntu ...
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After Purpule screen Balck Screen insted of login screen on ubuntu 16.04
I am new to the linux ,I did a few changes and next time when i tried to login i see black screen it stays there.
After selecting ubuntu option from GRUB ,I can see purple screen for a while then ...
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Can not run my GPU AMD card on my ubuntu 16.04, it causes the login looping problem
I tried to install the amdgpu-pro vulkan driver from amd support web >>> http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx .
But it caused me the login looping problem, I aimed ...
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Ubuntu freeze at login screen
I use Ubuntu 16.04 kernel 4.10.0-38. It boots normally, and at the login screen it shows up the password box, then freezes at this point
The cursor blinks for few seconds and then stops.
I can't ...
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The greeting screen in Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS when pc wakes from sleep is white
This used be a picture with some textures, how do go about changing this screen?
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - How to stop Unity menu from showing on console login screens and RDP
I've got two nearly-identical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS systems, installed from the same DVD.
https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/7624/can-someone-recommend-a-low-cost-linux-computer-with-a-hdd-...
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Gnome login screen "loops" after computer has slept [duplicate]
Using Ubuntu 16.04 with GNOME (which I added later, the original version has Unity), with a Dell Inspiron 15-3531.
After I turn off my computer (with the power button), or make it sleep (shut the ...
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Prevent logging in without password
On my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system the normal unity desktop is installed. There are 2 users, my admin account with password, and the standard account for my child with password. Initially it was configured ...
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Turn off screen, but not Suspend
I have a 16.04 laptop monitoring my IoT stuff. It is constantly Rx/Tx a stream of data via the Serial port and an Arduino Mega. All works great.
I'd like the screen to go black after a period of no ...
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Unity 8 Gets Stuck at Login Screen
Today I just did a fresh install of the latest Ubuntu LTS edition. I have been wanting to test Unity 8 for a long time but I never had the time to do it. Today when I finally did try it out I ...
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Can't login as root on Linux and due to this I now can't restart the PC
I setup Teamviewer 12 to start as a daemon so I could restart and login as root, however when I loged in as root it looks like Linux got stuck and I can't do anything, i'm not at my PC right now and I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 cannot login after installing xpra
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (desktop). When I install xpra from official repository, I notice that it removes ubuntu-desktop and many xorg packages. Then as long as I don't log out or reboot, ...
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Ubuntu Mate -- Reboot or Shutdown on Logoff?
I'm using Ubuntu Mate 16.04. I would like to configure the system so that it reboots or shuts down on logoff. Here's what I have done so far:
I created /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu-mate.conf ...
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Ubuntu gets stuck loading account
Ubnutu gets stuck while loading my account. You can see the wallpaper and move the mouse. In the corner you can see ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I am able to start a tty shell with Ctrl+Alt+F1. I think it might ...
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How to change the color of the 'Incorrect Password' text
I want to be able to change the 'Incorrect Password' text to a different color in the lightdm login screen, but I can't figure out how. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Unity 7.4, and I have the following ...
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No login screen after uninstalling lightdm
I did
sudo apt-get remove lightdm
After logging out I no longer get the login screen. Just a blank screen with a blinking cursor top left. Rebooting results in the same.
I'd like to restore to the ...
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Dual boot ubuntu and windows 10, multiple restarts required after grub page
I have a dual boot config Ubuntu 16.04 + Windows 10 on two separate SSDs. After grub page shows up, I can either boot windows or Ubuntu. Windows 10 always boots fine. However, Ubuntu gets to login ...
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Problem with Login-Screen with dual monitor mode since Ubuntu Unity/Gnome 16.04.02
I'm working with an Lenovo T400 with onboard intel graphics combined with a Mini Dock for the last years. I use one DVI-Monitor and one VGA-Monitor/Display. Everything worked well until the ubdate ...
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Auto logout after log in [duplicate]
A few days ago I apt-get installed vim-gtk, when suddenly the installation stopped and I killed my VM (Without letting it finish the installation).
Ever since then, when I try to log in, after ...
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Why Does My GUI Login Require Me to Move the Mouse to Get to the Password Textbox?
When I boot my Ubuntu Xenial Desktop system, it boots normally and displays the mouse pointer, list of logins, and a textbox for the login password, but then, at the very end, it brings up an Ubuntu ...
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Is there an alternative to Windows Hello for Linux?
I purchased an alienware 15 r3 which comes with Windows Hello enabled which means all hardware included.
Windows Hello is basically a face detection system added on Win10. It works with dual-camera ...
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How to lock screen during automatic login in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I am running a lot of network based processes in my office computer. I want others to switch on my computer in my absence, but I am not ready to share my password. So I have to enable the auto login ...
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Crashing fragmented login screen after longer off-/sleep-time
I get a strangely fragmented GRUB- or login-screen after having my Ubuntu-machine off or in sleep-mode for more than about 30 minutes. At the last, the login screen freezes and all I can do is cold ...
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Stuck in a login bootloop
I recently installed an AMD graphics driver on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop Version and ever since, I can't seem to log in. Every time I enter my credentials and hit enter, it blacks out for a second and ...
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Autologin without any user interaction?
I am attempting to create a web server with Ubuntu Mate 16.04LTS on my Odroid C2. I have tried configuring Ubuntu similar to this question Enable/Disable Passwordless Login/Autologin Via GUI/Command ...
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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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Ubuntu 16.04 black screen after logo with Nvidia proprietary [closed]
Straight to the point. I have an Intel I5 + Nvidia GTX 560 with 8Gb Ram.
I installed Ubuntu 16.04.0 (without any updates) 3 days ago, and it was able to run and boot with nvidia drivers version 367 ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 freezes on login screen
The OS freezes sometimes (sometimes frequently) when I open the laptop lid.
Ubuntu was started before, successfully logged in and some work had been done. Everything went alright until I closed the ...
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i3-Gaps | Not working after install
I recently installed i3-gaps on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. Previously, I had been running i3. Now, when I try to log in with i3 selected, the screen flashes at me a few times and then I am back to the ...
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Stuck in log in screen after installing AMD-gpu-pro
I was trying to find graphic drivers for my AMD Radeon 8570, when I came along
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx .I followed the steps and installed the amdgpu- ...
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Screen glitches during login
I decided to start running dual monitors on my computer. A few days after that whenever I log in to my computer after I enter my password but before the desktop screen loads up there is a graphical ...
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Login manager uses too much cpu
I used to use lightdm as login manager then I noticed that it was using too much CPU .Now I am using slim but still slim uses a lot of CPU it uses minimum 5 percent of CPU . its the on the top when ...
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