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Freeze after login Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

Before the upgrade I was using gnome on Ubuntu 16.04 with lightdm and it worked fine. After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 I switched to gnome gdm3. On the first day I could login to my user account, ...
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Login screen loops unless you login as Guest [duplicate]

I am running a VMWare Player with a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin as Guest on my Windows 7. Sometimes I get the shutdown blue screen error in Windows, this time it happened when I was running the ...
Mário Silva's user avatar
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Can't login to Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 (dual boot with Win 7) and it was working fine. But suddenly one fine day I can't login to my user account, when I log it just flashes and then it goes back to the login ...
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Ubuntu stuck on login screen [duplicate]

I have a small issue with my Ubuntu (I think After an upgarde). When I try to login (Login Screen), I get disconnected and get back to the screen (again & again). I tried: Trying to login with ...
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Login Screen returns to login screen [duplicate]

After many many reboots in a couple days while experimenting with BIOS settings effecting the speed Hardbrake runs at, today I find after a reboot that I have to type in password to log in - ...
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Can't login to GUI with my Valid password [duplicate]

I have ubuntu server 12.10 and installed ubuntu-desktop to access it via GUI and changed the default runlevel to 5. Now I get the GUI login screen with my username (display name) but when i enter my ...
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Ubuntu not accepting correct password [duplicate]

I am entering the correct password in Ubuntu, but the screen just blinks and again shows me the same login screen. Guest session works properly. What should I do?
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Login goes back to login screen [duplicate]

Ubuntu dont let me login in a graphic session. I type the password (it detects if it's wrong) and even typing it wright the system take me again to login screen. I've found this other question and ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Login Loop [duplicate]

I have a problem with Ubuntu 13.04. I cannot log in to my account. I put the right password but there is an endless loop. (if i put wrong pass, it says "Invalid password..."). Also, it doesnt show ...
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Cannot log in with correct password after installing VirtualBox and Genymotion and editing /etc/profile [duplicate]

This is a rather bizarre problem that I am experiencing. My Ubuntu 14.10 does not let me log in despite proper password. Here is what happens: I try to log into my machine by entering the password. ...
An SO User's user avatar
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8 answers
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Login loop 14.04 but guest account is accessible [duplicate]

After upgrading to 14.04 from 13.10 which worked fine, I cannot get past login as it just loops back. Guest account works fine. I can login to the console by hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 using username and ...
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4 answers
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correct password; but it will not open my account [duplicate]

I started up my ubuntu and it lead to a login prompt. I input the correct password for the account. It went to a black screen for a flash, but it made the default "bongo" error sound and aborted back ...
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Can't login, although password is correct [duplicate]

Here what's happening when I try to log in. I'm entering the right password It brings me back me to the login screen. I tried to change password via another user but it didn't help.
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Can't access my user account Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

I have no idea why but it just sends me back to the login screen whenever I try to login my main account. So I made a second account from guest account and used nautilus as sudo(root) and checked my ...
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Not able to login into Ubuntu 16.04 LTS even if the password is correct [duplicate]

I'm not able to login even if the password is correct . Whenever I try to login it accepts the password but returns back to the login screen . Please help
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Unable to login to 14.04 after successful installation [duplicate]

After a successful upgrade to 14.04, now when I am trying to login using administrator id, It loops back to login page and doesn't load my session. Even guest is not working. When I enter wrong ...
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how to re-enable OpenGL [duplicate]

I was trying to speed up my tiny laptop by switching off OpenGL using Compiz. I guess there were also whole bunch of related plugins got disabled in the process. Then I lost the entire GUI desktop ...
Saigon's user avatar
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unable to type in password at login screen after restart? [duplicate]

I am locked out of my laptop after restarting it. When I am in the login screen, I have 3 options: me / registered user guest session remote login When I click on the password field/text box that ...
punkuli's user avatar
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3 votes
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Can't log in after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.04 [duplicate]

Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.04. I get to the login page and type my password correctly, then the sign in message disappears, it stays for a few seconds, then returns and asks me to type the password ...
TheGameLord's user avatar
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1 answer
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NVIDIA driver randomly not found -- fails "Building kernel modules" upon reinstalling [duplicate]

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with a GTX 1070. I use this machine for Tensorflow, with GPU support enabled. I rebooted my system randomly the other day, and now I can't login. I can get to the login screen,...
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Ubuntu 14.04 stuck in login loop after update, nothing seems to help [duplicate]

I updated my ubuntu 14.04 after it was being unused for 4 months. The updating took enormously longer time than usual, and after that the computer was very slow. I rebooted the computer and now I ...
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Log in fails and returns to log in screen [duplicate]

I am running a very nearly fresh Gnome version of 12.10, with no particular tweaks or customisation. I performed an upgrade yesterday using sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade which completed ...
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Can't log into ubuntu 13.10, tried unity, cinnamon and gnome session [duplicate]

I try to log in on the normal log in screen and the screen goes black for a second and then kicks me back to the log in screen. I can log in with a guest session just fine, however. I've tried this ...
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ubuntu 14.04 stuck in login loop. Nothing seems to help [duplicate]

just an hour ago, I installed some package which was supposed to solve the problem with dead keys. After that I restarted my laptop and could not log in because of infinite loop with the login page. I ...
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2 answers
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Login loop on ubuntu gnome 16.04 [duplicate]

I'm stuck in a login loop on my first account. I can, however, log in with the guest account and with a new account I created on terminal. This is the log errors, please help me understand what is ...
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How do I fix the Ubuntu Login Loop Problem [duplicate]

I am using ubuntu 18.04 as a dual boot with my windows and the storage got full, which caused a login loop problem. I try to login into the system with the correct password but the screen flashes to ...
programmer1234's user avatar
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2 answers
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Login Failure( redirects to login after enterning password ) in Ubuntu 14.04 [duplicate]

I'm unable to login to my account in Ubuntu. The login Screen appears and I choose me root account, enter the password and press enter. But unfortunately a black screen is displayed for couple of ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 won't let me login [duplicate]

Yesterday I was updating some applications. I come back later and I see a red stop sign on top of my screen that stated there was an error. It said that some of my packages needed some dependencies. I ...
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I'm unable to login with GUI [duplicate]

I am able to login in through the terminal without any problem but when I enter my password in the login box(GUI) it doesn't show any error, just that is prompts me again to enter my credentials. I ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 in virtual box stuck in login loop [duplicate]

I was using Virtualbox 5.1.4, and I was running Ubuntu 16.04 as my guest os on windows 10 host os. Everything was running perfect. Then yesterday the system freezed because I was running a lot of ...
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