Questions tagged [login]
Questions related to logging into a user session or shell, for example at the graphical login screen that normally appears at the end of the boot process
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How to merge 2 Gnome Password Keyrings?
I've ended up with two password keyrings - one from old laptop and one from current installation.
How do I merge the two password keyrings into one so that I don't have to unlock both of them at ...
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Why is system load average around 9 on login?
I check my start up applications, disable them, but login take a long time and System Load is very high (about 9).
this only happens on default user account, and I have this problem since 10.10 ...
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Enable Autologin for Xvnc/XDMCP? [closed]
Version: Ubuntu 9.10
How I do to enable automatic login in Xvnc/XDMCP?
Im in the process of setting up a Xvnc kiosk, which will be a terminal server hosting multiple kiosk machines under separate ...
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Login timeout disable? [closed]
How can I disable automatic timeout entries in the login screen? Allow me to explain. My typical experience goes something like this: I put my laptop to sleep, then wake it. When it wakes, it comes ...
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Long wait time on login
When I log in on my server I get this:
No mail.
Last login: Fri Nov 5 14:22:45 2010...
then I must wait for 5 sec and then is ready...
wolfy@ubuntu-server:~$
Is this wait time normal or should I ...
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Why is the automatic login disabled for users with encrypted home?
I've tried to setup an autologin, but that isn't possible, because my home is encrypted. What are the reasons for this?
PS. Here I have described my problem: Ubuntu Netbook Edition and automatic ...
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition and automatic login
I'm trying to set up the automatic login, but i can't choose the user which must be loged in. Here a screenshot (German is set as default language):
any suggestion, how to solve the problem?
I'm ...
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How can I change location of login dialog in GDM?
How can I change location of login panel on Ubuntu 10.10 start up page, where entering password. I want to move it down and now it is in center of screen
thank you
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What is my user login password?
Just got a new netbook running Ubuntu. When I turn it on it auto-logs-in to the desktop automatically, but when I try to connect to the wireless network it wants my Keyring password to store the ...
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Why when I log in my two screens shows the same image automatically? [closed]
When I log in on my computer, first my two monitors shows their own part of a larger desktop, then automatically changes to the same image on both screens, but I don't want to happen this, Is there ...
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Why I have to wait some seconds before I can input my password on login?
When on login I click on the user, immediately shows password field but before I can type it I have to wait some seconds, sometimes even 5! I don't see this problem on other computers that I have, ...
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Why won't this application start when I log in?
I have a file in ~/.config/autostart/ that looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=python ~/Documents/StackApplet/stackapplet.py
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/stackapplet.png
Terminal=false
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Auto-login to console as root - no Xserver
I'm setting up a PC for a very specific purpose. It's going to do some stuff deep underwater... round about 3km. We don't fear fish hijacking the box locally ;).
I'm trying to set up a login: no ...
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Where does the System Information information come from on login?
I have a local server running Ubuntu 10.04 headlessly.
When I ssh to the server I get some core information about the system, such as
System load: 0.0 Processes: XXX
Usage ...
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Login sound still plays despite disabling from administration login screen
In maverick, I get the login sound when my computer starts up and I auto-login.
The happens despite the fact that I've turned off the "play login sound" on the administration > login screen dialog.
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Ubuntu crashes and I can't log in after installing NVIDIA driver through Additional Drivers
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit on my PC with my USB Flash disk. I then installed an NVIDIA driver through Additional Drivers. Unfortunately, I forgot the driver's version, but I think it's ...
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Unlock keyring prompts three times instead of one time
When I have "automatic login" activated, the "Unlock the Gnome Keyring" box asks for my password. But this happens three times. There are three boxes asking me for my password. In 10.04 the box ...
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On resume from screensaver, gnome cannot accept keyboard input
I've had this problem for a long while...
First the computer goes into screensaver. Then when it resumes the currently focused window cannot receive keyboard events of any kind until focus is lost ...
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Can't login, kde loads, then back to kdm
Hello to all (K)Ubuntu users,
I installed Kubuntu 10.10 after it's release.
(I used to use ubuntu, I want to try kubuntu now)
Now I can't login in Kubuntu:
When(/if) I login with my username and ...
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Auto select user on login screen
I am new to Ubuntu (10.10), migrating from Windows 7 and I want to setup my login screen so it auto-selects user (there is only one user profile on my system) and that it asks for my password so I can ...
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Where Can I Find a Novell NetWare Client for Ubuntu?
I am trying to build a custom version of Ubuntu for my school and they seem to be using the Novell NetWare software (for Windows) so students can log-in to their accounts. I have tried using WebDav ...
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Where is the order of names in gdm login screen stored? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change the order of the users in the login screen?
Where is the users' login history stored that governs the order in which the users' names appear in the login ...
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No Panels for Other user in xubuntu
My xsession when logged in with other user than myself doesnot show the default two panels. All I get is the desktop with wallpaper. Anyone got any idea what is wrong ? I am using xubuntu 10.04. It ...
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Login fail with low graphics then crash? [closed]
I was using Transmission to download some stuff, when I got a notification that there was only 800 MB of free space left.
I soon rebooted, only to find out, that i could not login again. I would get ...
