2

Could not get a login screen at first after upgrading from 16.04. Changed to lightdm and now have a login screen but it seems to be in a loop. I get a flash of the desktop and then it returns to the login screen This is the same whether I use Ubuntu or Wayland or Unity environment

Any help will be appreciated.

2

2 Answers 2

0

Press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and type this command:

chown $USER:$USER .Xauthority 
2
  • Nothing changed after doing this. I still have the same problem.
    – Anton
    Aug 18, 2018 at 13:49
  • Thank you, but nothing changed. I am still stuck in the login loop.
    – Anton
    Aug 18, 2018 at 14:25
0

If you have another machine try to connect via SSH ssh your_problematic_box_ip Then run tail -f /var/log/syslog in that terminal to see what is going on as you try to login. In my case I have run sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3 and in that screen have chosen lightgdm as my server and then rebooted. I was able to log in normally after that reboot.

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .