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No Desktop after version upgrade

Thinks look dark! After doing a system upgrade from 22.04 to 23.04 my laptop displays a black screen, not even wallpaper. However, I can login via ssh. I've flailed about in ignorance and gdm.service ...
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After upgrading to 22.04 screen stays at a black screen when logging in

I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad P15s. I recently upgraded Ubuntu to 22.04, but after rebooting I can't seem to log in to my account, and the screen stays blank. I performed a system restore and was able ...
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22.04 upgrade from 20.04 - stuck after login; lightdm problem?

Yesterday I upgraded my Ubuntu 20.04 Pixelbook (full Ubuntu, no Chrome nonsense) to 22.04. However, the system now gets stuck immediately after login. After I successfully log in, the login prompt ...
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Login Loop on Ubuntu 20.04 with no . XAuthority

I have gotten into a login loop after upgrading from 18.04 to 20.04. The cause might be that I upgraded from root? Do you know any solutions to this? (I have tried most of them but they didn't work)
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Login fails after upgrade of Ubuntu 20.04 kernel and headers

After an update (evidently kernel and headers, etc.) I was unable to logon as usual (graphic login screen). Neither the one configured user (Admin, with sudo privileges) nor root can log on in the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 tab flashing screen after upgrading from 18.04

I am having Lenovo G40-80 laptop with configuration of i3-5th gen processor I recently upgraded to ubuntu 20.04 LTS from ubuntu 18.04. After doing all the necessary steps and restarting the system, ...
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I am stuck in the login page after Ubuntu upgrade

so I got this login page without any access after trying to restart due to upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04, the keyboard and the mouse are not working at all, before this it did worked but the login was ...
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Upgraded Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 and crashes at login screen

Translated from Portuguese: I was using version 18.04 and formatted and installed version 20.04, and now when I turn on the computer and the screen to enter the password appears, after I enter the ...
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How do i recover my ubuntu back? [duplicate]

I mixed kali linux source list with my ubuntu sources list and tried updating ubuntu and full upgrading it. After a reboot now I am facing some problems I can not login every thing is mixed up, how ...
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How can I recover from faulty 19.10 upgrade?

I recently upgraded my system from 19.04 to 19.10. I spent about a day and a half using the new system (19.10)... I added a few software platforms (e.g., Eclipse, Android Studio, etc.) Now (without ...
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Can't enter password after upgrade to 18.04 [duplicate]

After upgrading to 18.04 the login prompt on my laptop acts really strange: It wait's for the input of the user name and after pressing ENTER it behaves as if the ENTER key is stuck and gives no ...
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Can't log on after upgrading to 17.04

When I get to the login screen after upgrading I can't click the typing box to enter my password the only thing I can click is the shutdown and volume controls in the top bar. This happens every time ...
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Can't log in after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.04 [duplicate]

Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.04. I get to the login page and type my password correctly, then the sign in message disappears, it stays for a few seconds, then returns and asks me to type the password ...
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System is broken (login loop and no networking) after update

I ran: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade And after restart, when I typed my password and pressed enter the system froze and then the login screen reappeared. I saw some messages, one of which was ...
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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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Can't log in Ubuntu 16.04 using Nvidia proprietary driver

I've recently upgraded from ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04. Here him my laptop details: Acer Inspire V nitro 17 Nvidia GeForce 860M RAM 6Gb As I was using nvidia driver on 15.10, after the upgrade I couldn'...
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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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LightDM & SDDM fight on greeter screen

I had installed Kubuntu 15.04 sometime ago. I upgraded to 15.10, things were going fine till I added ubuntu-desktop to use Unity DE. When booting with systemd, on startup or login, I get black or ...
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Unable to login from User account or Guest account (not a duplicate question)

I have Dell 3521 laptop without dedicated video card. It came with Ubuntu 12.04 installed. One fine day, it prompted me for an upgrade, which i went for. During upgrade, its battery finished and once ...
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stuck on login screen, with Ctrl + alt +Fx not working

I tried upgrading my Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 through the terminal but it got to a point when my laptop froze so I had to switch it off and restart it but now when I enter my login details, nothing ...
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How to fix Ubuntu 14.04 LTS login screen hangs with "logging in..."

Anyone have suggestions for this: I upgraded my Ubuntu system to 14.04, and the upgrade failed miserably. I was forced to restart the system in order to get to a login. After following several ...
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Upgrade from 12.04 to 14.04, re-activation of 3rd party sources, login doesn't show up

I've just upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04. It went all fine, also the restart. Then, I re-activated some third party packages sources, and I did some updates. Afterwards, ubuntu doesn't start. The screen ...
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Unable to login to 14.04 after successful installation [duplicate]

After a successful upgrade to 14.04, now when I am trying to login using administrator id, It loops back to login page and doesn't load my session. Even guest is not working. When I enter wrong ...
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"Failed to start session" after interrupted upgrade to 14.04

While upgrading to 14.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade my network connection was interrupted and several packages failed to upgrade. Running do-release-upgrade again reported No new releases found ...
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After Upgrade from 13.04 to 13.10 missing user in login screen

I have upgraded to 13.10 from 13.04 now after booting (even after updates and rebooting) my user id is not listed. It has a uid higher than the minimum in lightdm.conf. I have the user light display ...
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Why can't I log in after upgrading to 13.04?

I've just upgraded my system from 12.04 to 13.04. However, after typing in my login credentials the screen goes black for approx. 1 sec. and then the login screen reappears, asking me again for the ...
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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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Unable to login as another user after upgrading 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS

I have two partitions on my sony laptop , 4 GB for OS and rest for /home dir ofcourse with some amount left for swap. I have upgraded ubuntu 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS In my 10.04 installation ,before ...
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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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Administrator user session only shows a terminal

Weird problem: After upgrading to 11.10 (and I am sure that I worked with it for couple of days). We had a power failure, and now, when open the computer, what I get is a screen, with a scrollable ...
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Can't start a Unity session from an upgraded account but I can from a new one

After upgrading to 11.10 I can't seem to login into an X session in no matter what mode I try (Unity, Unity 2D, Recovery Console, Gnome, and Classic Gnone). I was able though to start a unity session ...
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