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I upgraded my laptop to 16.04 and now I can't get to the desktop login screen. I can only get to a black screen which asks me to type in a login and password. I also can't type anything in the password slot. What do I do??

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  • For the second issue, see Nothing shows up in the terminal when I type my password
    – steeldriver
    Aug 6, 2016 at 15:51
  • Ok so what do i type in the login slot?
    – JDelorme
    Aug 6, 2016 at 15:57
  • You type your username that you entered when you installed the system - that won't necessarily be the same as the 'fullname' that's normally displayed on the GUI login screen, it will usually be an all lower case name such as jdelorme
    – steeldriver
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:33
  • I think I'll have to get a new laptop because I've tired ever login name I think of and nothing works
    – JDelorme
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:56
  • That's extreme - you can always boot to Recovery Mode and run the command ls /home; your username will almost certainly be the same as the name of your home directory.
    – steeldriver
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:58

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I think I'm having a similar issue with Log-Ins and Passwords.

Have you tried using Ubuntu as the log-in and keeping the password blank like below:

  • username: ubuntu
  • password:

It's suggested in this answer: Default Password in Ubuntu 15.04

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  • Didn't work, what next?
    – JDelorme
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:24
  • what specifically happens? Can you post a screen shot or something @JDelorme?
    – prestonsmith
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:25
  • How do you add a pic? I'm doing this off my mobile phone
    – JDelorme
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:30
  • Edit your post and there should be an option there @JDelorme
    – prestonsmith
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:39
  • Can't do that either. My God is this a pain
    – JDelorme
    Aug 6, 2016 at 16:45

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