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Unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04
I'm unable to login to Ubuntu 24.04. When trying to login I get this screen.
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How can I have the user switcher default to being onscreen the Ubuntu 22.04LTS lock screen?
I've just installed the default install of Ubuntu 22.04LTS Desktop edition after a hiatus of using Ubuntu for a few years.
It is installed on an office computer and there are 2 very regular users that ...
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Blockscreen lost in Ubuntu 22.04
I'm having problems with the behaviour of ubuntu 22.04 desktop. I don't know why, the block button stoped working. I mean the "lock" icon key in the Logitech MX Keys. I think it stoped ...
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Make GNOME keyboard shortcuts available on lockscreen (login screen )
I configured some usefull custom keyboard shortcut via gnome built-in shortcut feature (for example a keyboard shortcut for quick suspending ).
However, when I lock my computer, they are not available ...
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My computer does not show log-in window at one go. To log-in, I have to force-start the computer twice
I'm using ubuntu 16.04.
This is happening for the last 1 week. Whenever I try to start my computer, it shows a blank purple-color page with no log-in window. Then I force shut down it from the power ...
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How to make Windows10-like lock/login screen on ubuntu 20?
How to make Windows10-like lock/login screen on ubuntu 20?
I mean not only style, my point about randomize backgrounds from internet or local.
Thank you.
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Ubuntu 20.04 login screen doesn't appear on the primary screen
I don't understand why this important and many users concerned bug (easy to solve) exists since so many years and all the discussions refer to mark something as duplicate and outdated. This bug https:/...
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Long waiting for login prompt at screen lock. Ubuntu 20.04
I have just upgraded Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04. I hit on something that force me to wait about 20 seconds for login prompt at screen lock after I push keys. This happens every time I need to log in after ...
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How to customize Lock Screen theme in Ubuntu 20.04
I changed the gnome shell theme of the login screen to Yaru-dark by following instructions in this answer. I did notice the dark calendar and system menu when I log on after reboot. However, when I ...
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Cannot log on as other user with Bionic and (vanilla) GNOME without first logging off
NB: This is not the same issue as in this question (Unable to switch users at lock screen. Unity, Ubuntu 18.04)! In my case lightdm isn't even installed and so reinstalling it is not an option.
I am ...
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cant change a login scrreen or always shows this screen on startup
When ever I open it shows this old type.
this is scrreen looks like on startup
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Use login screen as lock / unlock screen
I've seen this question and I am asking myself if its possible to use my login screen as lock / unlock screen as I prefer the login screen visually. I use Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
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Caps lock indicator for Ubuntu 18.04 lock screen and login screen?
My laptop does not have a led or anything to show whether the caps lock is on or not, and while Kubuntu warns you on the lockscreen about whether your caps lock is on or not, Ubuntu seems to lack it. ...
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How to revert GDM to default Ubuntu 18.10 (to utilize new lock/login screens)
My question is pretty much summed up by the title. GNOME 3.30 touts a new lock/login screen, yet Ubuntu 18.10 lacks any changes to GDM. I was just wondering if there was a way to actually SEE and USE ...
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atomaically change keyboard language to login password
How can I change the settings in Ubuntu so that I'll be able to unlock the system using keyboard's primary layout and not the one which I was working with when I locked the system.
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18.04 login fails after screen lock
After doing an update today, I can no longer login after a screen lock. I enter my password, the screen goes black and then returns to the login screen. The only way to login again is to reboot.
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How to turn off the lock screen completely on ubuntu 18.04
[A lot of people have had issues with this but none of the threads have been answered. No one I could find has yet just asked to have the thing removed entirely. I also shouldn't be calling it a "lock ...
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There's multiple lockscreens/loginmanagers running at same time
I installed Ubuntu Mate, then decided to apt get install budgie-desktop. Now I have both the GNOME/Budgie and Mate lockscreens. So when I login I have to type my password twice on both screens one ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 change Login Screen theme (not wallpaper)
I can't seem to find any way to change the default orange on black theme on Ubuntu 18.04. I am using Adapta theme on my desktop, but it does not get applied to the login screen. Please notice that I ...
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Can't find lock computer option in ubuntu 18
When I click ctrl+alt+del I wan to lock my computer (not log off). I can not find the lock option, only log out and it says
[user] will be logged out automatically in 60 seconds
How to enable ...
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Locking Computer or screen timing out results in Black/Blank Screen
Issue: Locking Computer or screen timing out results in Black/Blank Screen. Then I try to log back in, the screen remains black and no login screen is displayed.
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How to stop initial blank login attempt?
Using ubuntu 16.04, when the screen locks and goes to sleep, whenever I press the enter key to bring up the login screen again, it always automatically makes an initial login attempt using what is ...
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Change Unity/Gnome Screensaver lock method to your own
I'm wondering is there a way to change unlocking by typing password to some other methods: (for example like in android when you draw some pattern).
Is it possible to change it to my code.
If yes what ...
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Login background changed, but lock screen persists [closed]
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and I was able to change the login screen background with the Ubuntu Tweak tool, but for some reason, the lock screen does not change. I already checked in dconf-editor, the ...
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How to go back to the login screen when the computer locks? LightDM
I was wondering if there is a way for LightDM to return to the login screen instead of showing a the current user's lock screen without logging them out. It would be ideal if I do not need to apply ...
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Enable [Fn]+[cursor arrows] on lock/login screen to change volume and brightness
Having a new Acer Aspire E17 E5-773G with Ubuntu 16.04 on it, I experience that the keyboard combinations to adjust volume (Fn + ↑/↓) and brightness (Fn + ←/→) do not work on the login screen or lock ...
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System Logs out when unused for some time instead of going into lock screen
I have switched to XFCE4 some days back from Unity, but now i again switched to Unity. From that time onwards I am facing following problem.
My system logs out automatically when unused for some time,...
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Xubuntu 14.04 Change Xfce Login and Lockscreen Button Color
I have Xubuntu 14.04, and I would like to change the login and lock screen button color from blue to green without changing the theme. However, I can't seem to find the proper configuration file to do ...
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Entirely disable suspension (at kernel level? - has to be independent of used DE and login state!)
Once again I need a workaround to deal with my almost broken notebook graphics card: It does not wake up after suspending!
The Ubuntu 14.10 system is waking up, but the display stays off, so I have ...
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After locking the screen in Ubuntu 14.04, password is not accepted, How can it be fixed?
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 fully updated on my laptop.
Since the last update every time I lock the screen (when leaving my room for example) - when I get back and input my password, it is not accepted ...
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swich from ubuntu (unity) lockscreen/login to gnome [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu GNOME installed on my pc and I also installed the unity shell, the problem is I seem to have lost the GNOME login screen and lock screen, is it possible to switch back from the new unity ...
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Having computer switch to guest account after a certain amount of time
Instead of having the screensaver lock my computer is it possible to have it switch to the guest account instead. I'm using ubuntu 13.10 64bit
Thanks
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Is it possible to get the normal login screen when resuming from suspend?
I noticed that the login screen that I get when the system first boots up is different from the login screen I see after I resume from suspend. I'm wondering if it is possible to get the same login ...
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Multimonitor in login screen vs. lock screen
I have a multiple monitor setup with two screens. The login screen uses dual monitor mode (as seen on the first picture), but the lock screen (CTRL + ALT + L) uses only a single monitor and disables ...
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Lock screen turn off and on : Goes to a loop asking to enter password to unlock- then turns off again.
I recently updated my laptop from 12.04 to 12.10. And now, whenever I lock screen with "CTRL+ALT+L", the screen locks, and monitor turns off. But within 30 seconds, it turns on and asks for password. ...
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"dm-tool lock" doesn't lock my session
When I use dm-tool to lock the screen for userA, I can log in as userB and then use dm-tool to switch back to userA's session without having to enter a password. Is that the expected behavior? If ...
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Set wallpaper in the Lock Screen [duplicate]
Is there an app or some way to set the desktop wallpaper as viewable when only logged in, and to set another when logged out or locked? I've tried Ubuntu Tweak, but it only does the login wallpaper, ...
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How can I make lock screen be like the login screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make the lock screen look like the login screen?
Is it possible to have the login screen displayed when locked instead of that ugly and horrible current lock display , ...
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Keyboard Layouts missing in lock screen, 11.10
I'm a frequent user of the USA Dvorak keyboard layout, but have the default QWERTY keyboard. Stuff works simply by adding the layout in the Keyboard settings in Ubuntu, and worked well in 11.04.
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