Tagged Questions
1
vote
0answers
18 views
I can't access to my session
I try to log in my session but the login screen reappeared each time , the password is correctly entered.
NB: the guest session is accessible
0
votes
0answers
35 views
Can't get past login screen on 12.04 server. How to get past it?
AS of right now, I am unable to log into my machine. No GUI is installed, so all I have is the CLI. The computer boots, and then comes to logon prompt. I can put in my username (the only one on the ...
0
votes
0answers
36 views
Not able to login in ubuntu
I changed my etc/environment with path set for ORACLE_HOME and rebooted the system.
It created one more user as oracle in my login screen, now after a reboot I am trying to
login as usual but it is ...
1
vote
1answer
117 views
blank login screen for laptop with Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
I have been using Ubuntu 12.04, current kernel is 3.5.0.02-generic.
I have downloaded and installed 2 days ago Intel Linux Graphics Installer deb file suitable for Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset ...
4
votes
1answer
183 views
can't login in GUI of ubuntu 12.04
I have done extensive search for the answer to this problem:
On the login in page, after tying password, my screen turns dark for a second and becomes the login page again. the guest account doesn't ...
1
vote
0answers
82 views
Can't log in after waking up from sleep
I have this issue since the first time I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Whenever my laptop wakes up from sleep the log in screen looks like this:
In order to log in I end up restarting my system and ...
2
votes
1answer
67 views
Ubuntu on login shows messages from the linux boot process
I face this weird problem when it comes to login to my Ubuntu system.
It doesn't happen all the time.When it happens I press the Enter button and after that the system shows the normal login ...
1
vote
1answer
58 views
Ubuntu not allowing me to log in after upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04
I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 and it went fine. After restart, when I try to log in from my root user it shows a command screen in a split second and then returns back to the log in screen ...
0
votes
2answers
168 views
lightdm-gtk-greeter-ubuntu “crashes” after installing KDE4.10
I have a weird problem, which I didn't found anything on the internet about.
I installed KDE4.10 (from kubuntu-ppa/backports) a week ago, and it changed the loginscreen. After there was something ...
0
votes
0answers
167 views
12.04.2 update problems
I'm having problems with the update to 12.04.2 (x64).
I ran the updates and rebooted the machine. It started backup in TTY1 (I've had this happen before no biggy) so I hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 and got ...
1
vote
0answers
33 views
12.04 Can wireless network be active at login?
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 box that is no longer going to be used as a desktop. I would like to be able to switch it on and let it automatically connect to the wireless network so i can ssh into it if ...
0
votes
0answers
123 views
Won't let me log in after updating
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed alongside Windows 8 on a HP Pavilion g7 1303 (x64). I ran the update manager and selected everything and updated. Then I restarted the computer and when it comes to the ...
0
votes
1answer
472 views
Ubuntu 12.04 login screen finite loop and keep end my session
The difference between this issue and other threads about: "login screen loop" is that in my case it's a finite loop which means it runs five times and then I can type my password and start my ...
2
votes
2answers
162 views
How can I change the login screen?
My login screen has changed automatically. I want to change it wants. Where can I do it them?
10
votes
5answers
563 views
“Shut down” takes me to greeter now?
UPDATE - Removing my USB wifi dongle seems to cure the problem. So does disabling networking (but not disabling wifi alone). Now what?
UPDATE 2 - The 'uptime' command says there are 2 users logged in. ...
1
vote
1answer
110 views
Locked out of admin account; but the password is right in shell; password changed too!
I have a dual boot, win 7 and the latest lts 12.xx. I tried logging into my regular account but it keeps refusing to open. There is no message saying anything was incorrect, but that message still ...
2
votes
2answers
615 views
How do I boot into console mode (redux)
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. This question was asked some time ago, but the answers didn't work for me.
The standard way to boot into console mode used to be to edit /etc/default/grub and set ...
2
votes
0answers
160 views
Login Wallpaper Spanning Dual Monitors in 12.04
Is there a way to make the background on the login screen span dual monitors rather than being mirrored? I know it's possible for the actual wallpaper when you're logged in but can't find an option ...
4
votes
1answer
281 views
Unable to sign in. How to debug?
I had to reboot system with reset button. After reboot I can't sign in. When I enter my password It seems like X-server just restarts.
I can sign-in as guest and also I can sign-in in text TTY. Here ...
3
votes
4answers
2k views
Desktop login fails, terminal works
I have a freshly setup 12.04 LTS pc system (120 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, 16 GiB RAM); since a few days, I can't login to the graphical desktop anymore: there is very short flashing shell window which ...
3
votes
0answers
254 views
How to get 12.04's login screen (lightdm) to display the shutdown menu like 10.04 when the computer's physical power button is pressed?
In Ubuntu 10.04 while at the login screen (gdm), when the computer's physical power button was pressed a screen popped up that offered options on shutting down the system (shutdown, restart, cancel, ...
0
votes
1answer
92 views
12.04 Login gone wrong
I seem to have a fault in the login procedure somewhere. When I boooted up I found that if I selected Guest I could use the computer. If I selected my administrator account I was taken straight to ...
0
votes
0answers
371 views
lightdm does not autostart - no login screen!
When I boot up my system, I don't get a login screen, just the boot log scrolling by, repeating after a while lines like this:
* Starting anac(h)ronistic cron [ OK ]
* Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron ...
1
vote
1answer
247 views
Ubuntu freezing after boot [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
12.04 stuck at the login screen
I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS dual booting with windows 7 on my laptop without any problems and felt ...
2
votes
2answers
130 views
I uninstalled Ariya in Kubuntu, how do I install it again?
I have installed Kubuntu 12.04 LTS. By mistake, I removed default login screen (Ariya).
It is now showing this message:
Cannot login /user/shared/kde4/apps/kdm/themes/ariya
Now I am not able to ...
1
vote
0answers
309 views
Black & White screen after resuming from Suspend [Ubuntu 12.04] [closed]
I recently thought of giving Linux a try with Ubuntu 12.04. So far I managed to figure out how to troubleshoot and fix some of my older issues. But i wasnt able to find a problem similar to mine.
The ...
0
votes
0answers
830 views
Kubuntu 12.04 - Failed to load session 'gnome'
Since the upgrade from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04, everytime I want to log in the computer starts doing something and then the message
Failed to load session 'gnome'
appears with the button ...
6
votes
2answers
652 views
Can't type my username and password, random freeze at login [closed]
My netbook runs a dual OS(Windows7 & Ubuntu 12.04). After Ubuntu login screen appears, that’s it, it gets hanged, can't even move my cursor nor type my user name.
I had to turn off my system and ...
1
vote
0answers
185 views
Cycles through black screen on login after changing password
On my laptop, I forgot the password to my Ubuntu partition, so I logged into the root command shell on the recovery start up option in GRUB so that I could change the password.
On my first attempt to ...
0
votes
0answers
41 views
Ubuntu freezing on log in screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
Cannot get ubuntu to load in any way on my pc. Freeze on login
I'm new to Ubuntu and set up dual-boot on my computer and just ...
0
votes
0answers
183 views
Force login screen at boot
Is there a key combination at boot that will allow me to force the login screen to display? I know there is a way to display the login at boot if I'm logged in, but I am unable to login at the ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
how to change color of the login screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change the LightDM theme/greeter?
I am trying to figure out how to change the color of the login screen. I have found a recipe somewhere that suggests sudo cp ...
2
votes
3answers
691 views
capture login screen-not sucssecful
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 . If more information is needed, please tell me.
I Tried some guides to cature my login screen:
How can I take a screenshot of the login screen?
...
0
votes
0answers
240 views
An error occurred while mounting /home @Splash Screen HELP!
I've been using Ubuntu 12.04 installed on a USB ever since the release.
Just today when I booted up, I see an error showing up at my splash screen saying
An error occurred while mounting /home
...
0
votes
1answer
304 views
Black Screen After Logoff
Every time I logoff from Ubuntu 12.04 I get a black screen. If I logon again as if I could really see what I'm doing, the screen returns to normal. This doesn't happen with other two users on the same ...
0
votes
2answers
344 views
How to add a keyboard layout to the login screen?
The login screen only shows my default keyboard layout, how can I add different ones, so that other users can select these if they want?
Additionaly: is there a way to allow users to select arbitrary ...
1
vote
1answer
218 views
How do I log in with a user that is not included on the list in Ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. I have created a system user so as to keep it out of the login screen with sudo adduser --group --system markpaskal, but I cannot login from the greeter because there ...
0
votes
0answers
50 views
Boot ubuntu - Arranque de ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I installed Ubuntu. It works well for me. If I reboot it it keeps working. But when I turn it off, upon turning it back on, it ...
0
votes
2answers
279 views
Ubuntu 12.04 stuck on log-in screen after updating OpenTTD
I had updated OpenTTD to the latest version however the update crashed in Software Center half-way through.
I restarted my laptop but when I get to the log-in screen and after entering my password, a ...
0
votes
3answers
2k views
Remove Ubuntu login screen from Xubuntu 12.04
I fresh installed Ubuntu 12.04 then recently installed xubuntu-desktop on top of it as I don't like Unity's slowness.
Still when logging in it shows Ubuntu style login screen. Now I want to bring ...
2
votes
2answers
766 views
How do I remove the Accessibility options/icon from the login screen?
Have young kids that manage to foul up Ubuntu by playing with the universal access options at the login screen. Tried following the directions for 10.04 but the stated directories don't exist in 12.04 ...
2
votes
0answers
166 views
Starting minecraft logs me out of ubuntu 12.04
Whenever I start minecraft I can only get past the login screen. After that, the screen flashes dark, occasionally showing a Checking battery state ... [OK], and then it brings me to the login ...
2
votes
0answers
36 views
How to swap the language before login as per the old GDM login screen? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set the login manager to enable change languages at login?
I used to run Ubuntu 10.04 on an computer.
When upgarde to 12.04 I have got a totally new login ...
1
vote
2answers
2k views
Can't log-in anymore
I installed Ubuntu x64 12.04 Desktop LTS on my new laptop three days ago.
Of course when I installed it I did an "apt-get upgrade" and a "apt-get update". I modified the .bashrc file to add some ...
0
votes
1answer
530 views
Ubuntu 12.04 - After release-upgrade from 11.10 - no more root login?
Question: I did do-release-upgrade on Ubuntu 11.10.
Now, I have Ubuntu 12.04, and I can login as a normal user, but not as root.
On 11.10, I could login as root without problem.
I checked on the ...
2
votes
1answer
842 views
Login screen - set default user
On login screen i have two options: my default user (let's say User1) and "Other User". When i work as "Other user" and make "Log out", on logon screen the 'active' one is "Other User". I wish that ...
0
votes
1answer
357 views
Xubuntu slow login, unable to go back to login screen. How to debug?
Fresh Xubuntu install (enabling TwinView in Nvidia's propietary drivers) is suddenly taking too long to login after I enter my credentials in the login screen. When I log out (trying to go back to the ...
0
votes
0answers
145 views
How can I get the power menu button on the Ubuntu 12.04 login screen?
My login screen on Ubuntu 12.04 hasn't got the power menu on the top-right of the screen, from where you can normally select suspend, shut down, etc. How can I get it back? The other buttons like ...
4
votes
1answer
394 views
How to show avatar and username (not only full name) on the login screen?
I used ubuntu tweak to change the login background, but I need these other things as well:
Show username (not only full name) and avatar if possible, in the login screen
Any ideas how to achieve ...
1
vote
1answer
609 views
Why don't I have ubuntu tweak setting to mute/enable ubuntu login sound?
Ever since I installed Ubuntu 12.04, I couldn't figure out a way to enable the login sound.
I already have ubuntu tweak installed and I have been at this question, but on my ubuntu, there is not any ...
