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I'm very new to Ubuntu. I did this : 

sudo apt-get -f install

And when I rebooted the system, I couldn't log into the system.

When I proceed with the user name and password I get a small pop-up saying :

Failed to load session Gnome  ( Log Out )

What went wrong? Are there any ways there to get back to my previous state?

Thanks in advance.

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  • What have you installed with apt-get ? And did you try to start with Unity instead of Gnome ?
    – NorTicUs
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:15
  • @NorTicUs: Nope
    – batman
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:17

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I think there was a dependency problem which was fixed by removing gnome session with the command sudo apt-get -f install. So, you can't log into gnome session.

Try Login in the Unity session. Click on the Ubuntu Logo next to your user name and change it to "Ubuntu"

After login, you can repair some of the missing packages by using this command

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
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  • I can see only two option. One is Ubuntu and another one is Ubuntu 2D. There is no such thing called Unity
    – batman
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:17
  • @batman that is Ubuntu actually.
    – Anwar
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:18
  • Yes doing so I can able to login. But I lost my look and feel. Are there any way to recover from here?
    – batman
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:20
  • You can right click on the desktop and select "Ambiance" as the theme
    – Anwar
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:22
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    @A.S.: I got back my desktop. As far as the error is concerned I'm not sure what caused it.
    – batman
    Oct 15, 2012 at 12:08
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You can reinstal gnome, this world fix corrupted stuff. Just go to terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

After the process completes, you will be able to log in to gnome sessions. I had the same problem today with the -f option of apt-get, and fixed it this way.

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  • I'm getting unable to locate the package ` gnome-desktop`
    – batman
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:29
  • Replace it with ubuntu-desktop
    – Tachyons
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:33
  • Or gnome-shell for gnome. There is no package named gnome-desktop, my bad, sorry.
    – user91091
    Oct 15, 2012 at 11:34

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