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Yesterday I did aptitude upgrade and today when I enter my credentials I'm taken back to login screen, I can start my session by log in to console, and starting Xserver and unity manually.

I searched on google, tried to switch to GDM, but GDM starts in "Low graphics mode" and it seems I can't fix this either, also I tried to switch to proprietary nvidia drivers, but with no help.

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It turns out it was a typo in my /etc/profile file...

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  • I might suggest that you accept your own answer to close the question when you get a chance.
    – Clayton
    Jan 15, 2015 at 11:24
  • I was going to do that anyway, but I need to wait 48h
    – canni
    Jan 15, 2015 at 11:37
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First, I would try repairing Unity using a script from this question

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity

If that doesn't work, I would follow Mahesh's advice and try to reset gnome

If all else fails

I would recommend that you install a different desktop interface, such as KDE (picked because it exists in the main repositories).

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

If you are able to login to this, then uninstall Unity (I have not tested this step)

sudo apt-get remove unity unity-2d unity-2d-panel unity-2d-spread unity-asset-pool unity-services unity-lens-files unity-lens-music unity-lens-applications gir1.2-unity-5.0 unity-common indicator-sound indicator-power indicator-appmenu libindicator7 indicator-application indicator-datetime indicator-messages libnux-2.0-0 nux-tools libunity-misc4 unity-2d-common

Commands from https://askubuntu.com/a/20065/89515

Reinstallation should be easier, with sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

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