Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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“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. ...
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After logging in the screen goes jagged and distorted
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 off a disc. When I rebooted, put in my password, and pressed enter, the screen got all jagged and distorted and nothing would respond. After waiting a while, I figured ...
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1answer
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Can't login to my user
I was installing NVM using this command:
curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
as explained in the github page https://github.com/creationix/nvm
It didn't work, so I ...
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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
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Can't log in after waking up Ubuntu 13.04 from suspend
After I suspend my laptop and try to log back in, a bunch of messages appear really fast (something like NOUVEU is in the message, but I can't read it all because it disappears after about 15 seconds) ...
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3answers
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Is there a way to change user picture in Xubuntu, and actually display it on login?
I am aware that the way to change user picture, is creating a .face file on /home... The thing is, this only works when one checks the users and groups on System directory... When it's time to login, ...
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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 ...
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1answer
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How can I get back to a login screen after a freeze?
I have to manually shut down and to enter my SDA crypt pass and my user pass over again.
How do I force the poweroff without having to hit the power button, or get back to a login screen. Nobody has ...
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1answer
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Blank screen after entering password on login screen after clonezilla restore
I get a blank screen after entering my login password at the ubuntu login screen. And after a short while the login screen is restored. Any further attempts result in a similar cycle as before. This ...
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2answers
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Login screen on my desktop error
When I log in my Ubuntu 13.04 account, my login screen still shows up as my desktop background, making my computer slow. Recently, I made some changes when I log in, such as removing both "Guest ...
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1answer
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Background missing in loginscreen and in guest session.
Yesterday I followed this answer on "How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?" to make my wallpaper appear in the login screen.
But instead of only changing the ...
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2answers
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Black screen after update to 13.04 (HP 530)
After updating to Ubuntu 13.04 (from 12.04) I've got a blackscreen at boot. The machine is running fine as I hear the startup sound to enter my password, I just don't see anything.
I started using ...
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4answers
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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 ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.04 not booting to a display manager or login manager
When I boot up my computer with Ubuntu install on it, it's keeps booting and booting forever. It loads the boot screen but it doesn't boot up.
The only way to log in is to press Ctrl+Alt+F2, then ...
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1answer
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How can I display a message on the login screen?
In some circumstances it would be valuable for me to be presented with a short, text notification prior to logging in, so that I have the option to decide not to log in after seeing the message.
Is ...
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1answer
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Startup applications can be run on the login screen stack without logging in?
I'm going to set up my computer to be turned on at night and it will automatically start downloading. For security reasons, I do not want to set up Ubuntu to automatically login! the problem is login ...
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PATH problem with my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I installed Java in my Ubuntu and after than I am unable to log in my system through GUI but I am able to log through terminal and its showing following errors:
-bash:/etc/profile:line 7:syntax error ...
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7answers
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Login screen loops unless you login as Guest
I am running a VMWare Player with a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangloin 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 ...
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1answer
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When I enter password to login, it returns login desktop inspite of correct password [duplicate]
How to login my Ubuntu? I want to login to my Ubuntu desktop. When it is turned on and ask for enter password for specific user I add password keyboad and hit return key, but again it return login ...
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1answer
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I consistently get two login screens
"... I consistently get two login screens!
I enter credentials correctly and am immediately presented with a second login screen (no errors). Authenticating against the second screen completes a ...
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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 ...
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Awesome WM Does Not Appear as a Login Option? [duplicate]
I am running 13.04, with the default Unity and lubuntu-desktop desktops. The LightDM login manager gives me both Unity and Lubuntu as desktop options and some variants on them but Awesome WM does not ...
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How do I disable the drum beat sound on the login screen?
I would have expected System ▸ Administration ▸ Login Screen ▸ Play login sound to control this, but unchecking it does not prevent the drum beat sound from playing.
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I can't see login screen
I'm a user using ubuntu 12.10, and recently, I got a problem loging in in ubuntu.
It was working fine till yesterday, but since yesterday, whenever I try to start ubuntu, only orange-yellow screen is ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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Unable to logged in to standard user account [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 x86_64 on intel machine.
From last 2 days I am unable to logged in standard user (non root) account. Initially the Ubuntu gets booted and then it shows the login screen. Now ...
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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 ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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2answers
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How can I use custom wallpapers for the login screen?
I recently Installed 12.10 version and I loved it! But the there's something weird with Wallpapers. As long as I use a wallpaper from the /usr/share/backgrounds folder (I use the "appearance" dialog ...
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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 ...
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2answers
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How does “Accounts Service” work with lightdm?
I have added two users using the command useradd but they do no show up in the lightdm/unity-greeter login screen. So there is no way to graphically login for them. It seems Accounts Service ...
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1answer
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No login screen after boot
A strange problem happening after update. After I updated Ubuntu 12.10, I restarted. After boot, i realized that there isn't any login screen AT ALL!!! I mean no login screen, just an Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 login screen: go directly to user background, not via default
I know I'm being rather picky here, but is there a way to configure lightdm so that when the login screen shows after boot it directly shows the selected user's background, instead of first loading ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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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 ...
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3answers
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How do I set automatic login in Ubuntu 12.10?
When I boot my computer, I already have to enter my password to decrypt my drive. So an additional password at the login screen (Light DM) would not be necessary.
How do I enable automatic logging in ...
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1answer
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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 ...
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Is there a way I can have my account load on boot [duplicate]
Logging in is already fast, but I believe that it could be faster. I'm the only one who has an account on my computer, but I still want the password for obvious reasons. I'm wanting my account to load ...
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How do I go back to KDE splash / login after installing XFCE?
I started with Ubuntu Karmic, and wanted to try KDE. So I installed kubuntu-desktop. Then I wanted to see how XFCE progressed, so I installed xfce4. I now have Kubuntu with an XFCE splash and login.
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Multimonitor in login screen vs. lock screen
I have a multiple monitor setup with two screens. The login screen uses dual monitor mode (as seen on the first picture), but the lock screen (CTRL + ALT + L) uses only a single monitor and disables ...
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1answer
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unable to login after installing video card
I have been using Ubuntu for a while. I changed the video card (to have multiple monitors) and after fumbling with it I obviously screwed up something. Net result Ubuntu boots fine but when I try to ...
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2answers
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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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2answers
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Ubuntu Studio Login Screen Missing?
Just upgraded my machine to Ubuntu Studio (10.10), and am starting to learn my way around.
One thing I noticed off-the-bat is that the GDM login screen promoted on the Studio site is missing ...
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5answers
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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 ...
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2answers
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Need restart lightdm at every startup - console login screen
Everytime I boot up my ubuntu 12.10, I get a black console screen.
I need to login in tty, and restart lightdm : sudo service lightdm restart
Then the GUI lightdm login screen appears as expected.
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Lubuntu Unable to Login with GUI. Coloured lines\bars
I am new to Linux. I successfully installed Lubuntu 12.10 alternate version "lubuntu-12.10-alternate-i386". I checked the .iso file using "WinMd5Sum" and it was proper. I burned it and checked error ...
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Cannot log into user account, can log into guest. (12.10) [duplicate]
after restarting my computer today I cant seem to log into my main user account but i can still log into a guest account (what im using atm). I get a log in prompt like usual but it gives me a quick ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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Resume to login screen after suspend
I have managed to change keyboard shortcuts to use the login screen instead of the lock screen, see this question. However, after I suspend the computer and wake it up again, I get the lock screen.
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