Questions tagged [login-screen]
Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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ubuntu LiveCd enable user login
I am customizing Ubuntu 18.04 and want to boot from a USB drive. As the LiveCD does automatically log in, I Want to enable user login while booting. Can someone pls help me to enable user login for ...
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End up with black screen with blinking cursor. Screen refreshes each 2 seconds
I have a dual boot installation on my old PC with Windows8 and Ubuntu 20.04.
The computer configuration reads:
Procesor: Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5700 @ 3.00GHz
GPU: NVidia GeForce GT 220 1024 ...
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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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Desktop (dual boot with windows) with AMD GPU upgraded from ubuntu 18LTS to 20.04 LTS breaks login GUI
I made the mistake of upgrading from ubuntu 18 LTS to 20.04 LTS not knowing there are (login) issues with 20.04.
My computer has an
AMD GPU
dual boot with windows
~5 gigabytes of space left available ...
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Fast bootup, but slow login from GDM prompt to desktop
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Ubuntu version: 20.10 (groovy)
Storage: SATA SSD
RAM: 8 GB DDR3
CPU: AMD A8-4500M APU
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7640G
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Bootup is quite fast at 14 seconds as reported by systemd-analyze. But ...
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When my PC starts. The system go directly to the workspace, instead to go to the login screen
I had one problem in my PC much time before this happen, my PC was formatted and the Ubuntu system was reinstalled by computer mechanic, now my PC work normally, but, when my PC start, happen the ...
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Cant Log in but have the right password [duplicate]
Whenever I want to log in, I can't get any further than the login window. I have already reset my password and changed but that also brings nothing. How can I log in again now?
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Slash ("/") key not working in login screen Ubuntu 20.04
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 in my ThinkPad E480 and noticed the slash key "/" was not working. Digging a bit, I found this article where the OP has a keyboard layout really close to mine (abnt ...
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Login Screen Language Still in Dutch Even After Removing
To be clear I'm not asking about a layout, just the actual text displayed on the login screen. It's remained in Dutch even after applying English system-wide and removing Dutch altogether. Is there ...
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Screen timeout for Ubuntu Server login screen
My server machine always has screen turned on on the login screen, which is shown right after the boot and where I have to input my login and password. There is no desktop environment. I wonder ...
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Fingerprint Login USB reader
I recently received a BENSS usb fingerprint reader and I would like to use it with my ubuntu 20.10
lsusb returns the following :
On fprintd-enroll I receive No device available :
Result for sudo ...
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Login problem autotyped characters
I am using ubuntu 20.10 and I am trying to setup a usb fingerprint reader on my laptop.
I followed this thread : Fingerprint Activation on Ubuntu 18.04
updated my system with sudo apt update and ...
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Can't login after suspend
I can't login to my account after GNOME suspend. I'm typing password correct, but it shows "Incorrect password". I must click Power Off the computer. I'm using Ubuntu 20.10.
Did anyone ...
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How to display CLI display manager after remotely stopping Lightdm?
I have a Raspberry Pi with a local monitor, local keyboard and mouse.
Generally I would use it as a web server, but sometimes I will watch any TV with it.
I think my Raspberry Pi heats up a little ...
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Change background for login screen for 18.04
I want to change the background for my login screen for 18.04.
I tried to change my login screen background via modifying /usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/ubuntu.css
but that file does not exist.
I found ...
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Login Screen: Disable the password visibility toggling button
I have a default 20.04 Ubuntu install and the login screen has a password-visibility toggling button (an eye). I wish to disable this button and make the password always invisible. How can I do this? ...
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Slick-greeter wont stay persistent in Xubuntu
I'm running Xubuntu 20.04 and I've installed slick-greeter, I've also run sudo apt-get autoremove lightdm-gtk-greeter and yet when my computer wakes up from a sleep it still goes back to the lightdm-...
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Refresh rate not working on login screen
The problem
When I boot Ubuntu, the purple login screen is extremely pixelated. Once I log in, the display is perfectly fine.
Background
My system uses an old graphics card, a NVIDIA 8800 GT. When I ...
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ubuntu 20.04 missing /usr/sbin/gdm3 and /lib/systemd/system/gdm.service
This is a followup to my earlier posting on this site. I have two different Dell machines running 20.04. Both worked fine, and then, for no apparent reason, when I rebooted, I could not get to ...
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my ubuntu20.04 Black screen after login
I tried to remove the last app(fcitx) and reboot, but it didn't work. I find on the internet, reinstall the ubuntu-desktop or the lightdm, the graphical interface just can't display correct, but I can ...
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Onscreen keyboard (Onboard) doesn't work on login screen and makes desktop unusable after login
I'm obliged to use the onscreen keyboard (i.e Onboard). I decided to update my PCs to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
However, I'm facing problems with the on-screen keyboard with all of them
It's impossible to ...
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XPS 15: Black screen with blinking cursor after update
I have installed Ubuntu 20.04.1 along with Windows 10 on XPS15 9500 and everything worked fine until Ubuntu asked me to do some updates. I clicked ok and after the updates finished I rebooted the ...
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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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Tried Kubuntu desktop; removed it, but bits remain
I know there are lots of answers re. removing the Kubuntu desktop. However, I haven't found one that solves the following problem.
Original installation was 18.04, and I subsequently installed the ...
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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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How can I configure monitor settings at boot?
When my system boots, before I log in, the X-server starts up and chooses a configuration for my displays.
It chooses incorrectly. What controls that configuration and how can I force it to be what I ...
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Cannot boot end up always with a blinking cursor
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 and it was working fine but after a recent reboot before which I had run some updates I can no longer log in as it never gets to the GUI login screen.
If I do Alt ctrl F2, I can ...
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Login screen appears damaged
This is what I got instead of login screen in Ubuntu 20.04 :
When I blindly type the password, it will login into the system, and there is no problem after that. The problem seems to be only with ...
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I have a problem of login [duplicate]
I have made a recover of deleted files with a software which was stopped and after that I can't login. When I write my password and enter the login display is appearing again. How could I resolve this ...
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sddm blocks screen with on-screen keyboard in Ubuntu 20.04
I have recently installed KDE 5 (kde-plasma-desktop) on Ubuntu 20.04, and as part of the installation, it asked me to switch the login screen manager to sddm.
When sddm starts (either on boot, or ...
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What login manager does Lubuntu use and how can I configure it?
Does Lubuntu use LXDM or SSDM? (I got this confusion by googling it. On some websites it said, it's LXDM and some said it's SSDM.)
I mainly want to customise the login screen, but I couldn't find the ...
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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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Anne Pro 2 usb keyboard not working at login screen Ubuntu 20.04
I recently bought an Anne Pro 2 keyboard. The keyboard works straight away when plugged. But after a startup or reboot the USB device disappears. lsusb does not list the keyboard until I unplug en re-...
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Welcome screen displays on every boot
I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04, and on every boot, I am forced to create new user account, else, I won't be able to login to existing ones. After creating the user account, I'll have to switch to an ...
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Login only via Ubuntu Wayland possible and User is missing in Login List, Ubuntu 20.04
After update from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, all works fine. My notebook has two users there have access to the client with a separate user profile.
After Unsubscribe from my profile, is it impossible to ...
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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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Ubuntu 20.04 not loading login components
Today when I tried to start Ubuntu in a dual boot system with Windows 10, it takes me to a purple screen but the login components are not showing up. I can still see and move the mouse around.
I did ...
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Login screen customize align inputs ubuntu 20.04
Is there any css file where I can customize login screen? I want to align user and password input to the left of the screen, how to do it?
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Cant type password in ubuntu 20.04
Recently I updated my ubuntu system from 18.04 to 20.04.01. When I try restart my pc and it shows option to enter password. When I try to enter the password the password field remains blank no matter ...
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KDE login screen keyboard layout
I use KDE with two keyboard layouts in it (EN and RU). My system password always has only english letters and digits. I never use differen from English languages in my passwords.
I also have global ...
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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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Cannot do 1st login after installation of 20.04.01
I'm sure of the password because I've used it to install some updates right after installing Ubuntu 20.04.01 It's the first time I login after installation.
I've tried Ctrl+Alt+F3 and it just says ...
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While screen while waking up
I'm using -
Discription : Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Release : 20.04
5.0.4-48-generic
There is a problem, my pc sleeps out after sometime and when i try to waking it up, it shows white screen only. Nothing ...
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Ubuntu start with create new user page
My operating system is ubuntu20.04.
Recently, when I turn on my laptop the new user creation page pops up.
I have to create a new user before logging to the desired user.
How to solve this problem?
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Do not see login window in Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
Yesterday I did a correct end of my computer session.
When I started this morning, I saw the red startup screen, but I did not see my name and the login window.
I tried to press Enter and then entered ...
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Stuck in login loop after partial upgrading [duplicate]
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.
The Software Updater prompted to do a partial upgrade and I proceeded. Then after the reboot I'm stuck on a login loop.
Edit: Update and Upgrade don't work either in the command ...
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Using LightGM-webkit-greeter and get dark screen
OS: Ubuntu 18.04
I want to change login screen, so I do the following:
sudo apt-get install lightdm-webkit-greeter
nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
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[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=lightdm-webkit-...
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custom SSH and Login authentication
I am trying to figure out how to change the authorization process for ssh and normal logins. I have used public and private keys before but now I want to try using something else. I already have the ...
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HDD LED not blinking and computer won't respond
I've had a weird issue with many Linux distros where if I lock my PC and get back on after a while, my computer won't respond. It appears that the HDD activity LED isn't blinking and the screen is ...
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Screen rotation shortcuts in login without editing files
I have a netbook that allows screen rotation. The problem is that it only will rotate sideways, and once it does, won't get horizontal again, no matter how I move the machine.
To add to the problem, ...
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