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Out of sudden I got this login loop issue in my laptop. From var/log/syslog I can able to find out it is segfault issue

gnome-session-b[2739]: segfault at 7ffe34d8xx50 ip 00007ffe34d8dxxx error 6 in libpcre.so.3.13.3[7f49d37dxx00+51000]

But don't know the exact reason for this. From here it says due to LS_COLORS environment variable.

How can I remove this environment variable ? Does doing this will cause any negative impacts on my system ?

As a workaround, I created a added a new user and copied all my contents to the new user. And I am able to login to my new user without any problems. Don't know how its working in new user but not in the old one.

Ubuntu version: 20.04.2 LTS, focal

Thanks. Any help is appreciated.

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  • Does this answer your question? Facing Login Loop in Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa
    – Ingo Karkat
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 9:09
  • It isn't necessarily the LS_COLORS environment variable; any variable could have become too long (for me it was PATH). In the question you've linked to, I've added some more troubleshooting information and a link to the official bug, and I've flagged your question as a duplicate of it.
    – Ingo Karkat
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 16:48
  • I think the LS_COLORS setup is non-standard, it's likely found somewhere in your configuration (like ~/.bashrc), and you probably did not copy it (or not fully), so it did not apply to your new user. That variable in particular just sets up highlighting for the ls command, so if you're not missing anything there, you should be fine :-)
    – Ingo Karkat
    Commented Jul 5, 2021 at 16:51

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