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11 questions linked to/from Login screen loops unless you login as Guest
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Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.
I've read that the problem might be caused by ...
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Logon screen forever [duplicate]
My ubuntu is in trouble,
I changed my graphic card, tryed some manipulations, and now I get some problems with the login-screen.
I have the login-screen, normal, but when I type on password ( I am ...
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Cannot get past login screen
I have lubuntu 12.04, and it was working fine until I installed something and I do not remember exactly what I installed because I was trying to build a ruby gem and it required a lot.
now I rebooted ...
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startx doesn't work
Let's see, I cannot log in in Lubuntu 12.04. On the shell I get when typing startx:
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeA11C0TSServerListeners: ...
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VirtualBox (Guest Ubuntu) login loop
First of all, I know there has been a lot of threads about Ubuntu login loops. I have read them and I feel like I've tried everything they proposed but nothing works.
Background
I have VirtualBox ...
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12.04 desktop login loop
I installed 12.04 from CD in a partition where 8.?? had been working. The installation appeared fine but Ubuntu booted to a black screen. After updating packages and fighting with nvidia drivers for a ...
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14.04: login loops back on itself - ecryptfs
This problem follows on from
14.04: No Auto login at User Account settings - I am administrator (see all comments)
I tried to remove encryption via this link How can I enable autologin for my user ...
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Login screen loop
I have Ubuntu 12.04 64bits and it worked fine until today. This is the problem: when I introduce my password at the login screen a black window appears and then it comes back to the same screen. If I ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 login loop - Guest sessions does not work either
I have been using Ubuntu 14.04 soon after it is released. Today I messed something up with the Chinese input ibus, and I don't know if this is the reason at all, but when I reboot using sudo shutdown -...
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cant log into ubuntu as main/only user but can as guest
Up graded to ubuntu 13.10. all ok then installed updates and afterwards trying to log in as usual just produced a loop of repeated login screens, but logging in as guest worked ok.
I think the ...
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Ubuntu failed to log in to UI
I have a Ubuntu running on a virtual box. I cannot log into the UI with the valid username and password. It just shows black screen and returns to the login page again. Meanwhile the Guest Session is ...