0
votes
0answers
166 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
1answer
249 views

Cant log in to gui ,X is broken

Note to others if you just want a summary of the problem skip down to summary. This first part is going to be slightly long and hopefully entertaining. As in, that is screwed up! but there might be ...
0
votes
1answer
449 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 ...
0
votes
0answers
56 views

How to login on X from tty1

I want to login to my account on tty7, i.e., the X-Server from tty1 after I say, restart lightdm. xdotool doesn't seem to work here. Does anyone know how to do this?
4
votes
1answer
278 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 ...
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 ...
53
votes
29answers
94k views

How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?

Note: This is an attempt to create a canonical question that covers all instances of "low-graphics mode" error that occurs to a user, including but not limited to installation of wrong ...
3
votes
5answers
8k views

Cannot login via Unity login screen after upgrade to 12.04

Logging in via the shell accessed through Ctrl+Alt-F1 and logging in as guest via the graphical user interface work 0O When I try to log into my standard user account via the graphical interface, the ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views

Can't login into Ubuntu

I started having this issue after having removed Kubuntu from my computer. At first login screen wouldn't even show, instead the screen stopped at Checking Battery state stage. At this point I still ...
1
vote
0answers
149 views

Login dialog and all windows flickering, background displaying fine on an ATI Radeon HD 5750/5770 [closed]

I am running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit with a ATI RadeonHD 5750/5770 (JUNIPER), 4GB ram. When I get to the login screen, all I see is a flickering white box instead of the login dialog. The background ...
5
votes
1answer
289 views

The terminal is shown when shutting down or logging out

When I shut down my system or log out the terminal (the one I reach with Ctrl Alt + F7) is sometimes shown before the login screen appears or before the computer is shut down. Is there a way to stop ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views

NVIDIA 173 drivers/nvidia-settings are never loaded on boot

It seems while the 173 driver is installed, my resolution settings are not loaded when I log in or reboot. I've tried opening nvidia-settings as superuser and user, changed the resolution, applied, ...