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Cannot select gnome shell when logging in anymore 12.04

suddenly the "GNOME" option when logging in to ubuntu disappeared. I have absolutely no idea why. apt-get remove gnome-shell && apt-get install gnome-shell didn't have any effect.
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LightDM not Behaving as Expexted

I seem to be having some odd lightdm behavioral issues. So far this what I have in my /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf file: user-session=gnome-classic greeter-session=unity-greeter ...
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Very slow startup after login screen with SSD: how to troubleshoot?

Background: I was trying to solve a problem I had with Libreoffice and installed/uninstalled a couple of packages (it is a fresh install of 12.10 Quantal). I don't know if it is related but there is ...
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Why does setting login screen banner text doesn't work in gnome3.6 ubuntu 12.10?

I Would like to set the login screen banner text. I Used dconf editor to enable org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-enable and set the org.gnome.login-screen.banner-message-text Tried setting the ...
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How do I get back the Unity login screen after installing gnome-core?

I installed gnome-core and now I have an ugly login screen. I want to reset or delete gnome-core and re-install the Unity login screen, or just switch back to LightDM. Is there any way to do it easily ...
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How to disable sliding login screen in Gnome 3.6?

I am using Gnome 3.6 and I am quite annoyed by the login screen when my computer wakes up. The new implementation in Gnome includes two steps. First you have to hit Esc or click and drag upward ...
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Can't Log Into Ubuntu 12.04

Yesterday, after turning on Ubuntu, I logged into a Gnome session. A few minutes later, I tried switching to Unity for a change. Unfortunately, the background and my desktop icons loaded, but the ...
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ubuntu log-in screen is broken what to do?

It all happenned after i tried to upgrade my gnome-shell 3.4.1 to v3.5.4. I didnt know that it was an unstable release. The first problem was that the wallpaper was busted with improper colour ...
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Can't login, no window decoration (issues with Cinnamon and Gnome)

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64 with a Cinnamon desktop. Today, out of the sudden, I was kicked from desktop to login screen. I entered my password and noticed that my window decorations disappeared. ...
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Change Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix login screen [closed]

The current login screen in Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix is very ugly... How can I setup another appearance for the login sreen ?
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How can I make lock screen be like the login screen? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to make the lock screen look like the login screen? Is it possible to have the login screen displayed when locked instead of that ugly and horrible current lock ...
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How to programmatically log-in a user remotely

How do I programmatically and remotely (using SSH) log-in a user so that the lightdm login screen closes and loads the user's desktop as thought they had physical typed in their username and password? ...
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Logging in over and over again. How to fix this? [closed]

Ok, I messed up. I installed ubuntu 11.10, installed awesome wm and removed unity, to have something to fall back on, I also installed gnome-session-fallback. I was messing around and did the ...
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Window Manager and Login Screen Removed After Trying and Uninstalling Gnome Shell

A while back I decided to try the Gnome Shell desktop environment as I've always been a fan of the foundation and the desktop environment. I decided that I'd become used to Unity and that I wouldn't ...
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Gnome 3 Shell Login, how do I get it? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get Gnome 3.2 login theme installed? I installed Gnome Shell 3.2 and everything is fine other than the fact that I don't get the newly introduced Gnome Shell ...
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How to set a default login screen that has changed? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I make LightDM the default display manager? I have Ubuntu 11.10. I had LightDM as the default login manager, but now I have as the default the one from ...
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How to offer KDE, Unity and Gnome3 desktop login selection?

We're looking at deploying 12.04 across the entire enterprise (several hundred desktops). We've selected KDE as the default desktop for all users for the current distribution but we have a policy ...
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Cannot login to my user account

I upgraded my ubuntu from 11.04 to 11.10 via mounting the latest alternate CD image released on Oct. 13 as the final standard version and running the cdromupgrade prompt successfully, with full latest ...
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How to choose in which display the login box will appear?

I have 2 monitors where the desktop is extended. They are connected to an AMD/ATI video card through DVI cables. When I boot the login form is shown at the secondary monitor, but when I log off it's ...
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Broken icons, Wifi, and login screen after upgrade

I am running the latest version of Ubuntu and I ran almost all the new updates. My screen and icons went blank since last upgrade. My Wifi is also not working. I have installed Gnome 3. The login ...
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How can I set the default log in session?

I am using 11.04 with Gnome 3 installed. Before I log in I am prompted to choose in which environment I want to log in. Among the possible selections is gnome, how can I set the default choice?
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Putting back gnome-shell option on login screen [closed]

For some reason gnome-shell login option does not show anymore in the login screen. How may i add it back? Thanks!
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How can I add gnome-shell to the regular Ubuntu Natty login screen along with “Ubuntu” “Ubuntu Classic”, maybe as “User defined”?

How can I add gnome-shell to the regular Ubuntu Natty login screen along with "Ubuntu" "Ubuntu Classic", maybe as "User defined"? When I pick the user name on login screen, at the bottom there is a ...
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How do I get the Ubuntu loginscreen etc back after installing Xubutu-Desktop?

I wanted to test out XFCE, so I installed Xubuntu-Desktop, but unfortunately, it's changed my logonscreen, and all those other types of pre/post session screens. How do I return them to the Gnome ...
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What login screen program will 11.04 use?

Will Ubuntu continue using that old (GNOME 2.X) login screen, or create its own, or there will be a new one in Gnome 3?
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Will Ubuntu 11.04 use GNOME 3?

Will Ubuntu 11.04 use Gnome 3? If so, what differences for end-user is going to be? I know that there won't be Gnome shell, but what about the login screen? Will Ubuntu continue using that old (GNOME ...
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gnome-power-manager is running while trying to log in. How to get rid of it? [closed]

After booting into the ubuntu login screen and clicking on my user name and entering the password, I get a dialog stating that gnome-power-manager is still running. The dialog presents 2 buttons, 1 to ...
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gnome exits unexpectedly

Here's the situation: Since I upgraded to 10.4 LTS, my gnome session unexpectedly ends: it logs off. This does not happen every time, but rather randomly. I've tried to force this event, suspecting ...