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I'm a windows user (hopefully not soon), and I'm really unexperienced with linux right now. I just installed ubuntu-mate 16.04 on a separate internal hdd.

When I enter recovery mode and use the root shell and enter startx, I get a few errors.

Fatal server error: could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX0-lock
Giving up
Unable to connect to x server: connecton refused
Server errr
Error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
[DEPEND] dependency failed for cryptography setup for cryptswap1
" dependency failed for encrypted volumes
Dependency failed for dev-mapper-cryptswap1.device
Dependency failed for /dev/mapper/cryptswap1
Dependency failed for swap

Those are the errors I get with startx.

When I log in normally, (fixed an issue where my password was always incorrect) and I put in the password, the screen goes black, flickers text all over the place and random colors like I've seen during boot, then goes back to the login screen.

Please help me if possible.

Thank you all!

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  • Possibly related to Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
    – Nick Weinberg
    Jun 30, 2016 at 0:06
  • It looks like Xauthority doesn't exist...
    – Eric G.
    Jun 30, 2016 at 0:30
  • Have you tried running sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm ?
    – Nick Weinberg
    Jun 30, 2016 at 0:34
  • Also, do you know what kind of graphics card your computer has?
    – Nick Weinberg
    Jun 30, 2016 at 0:35
  • Alright. I can't get gdm because it wants me to apt-get update and for some reason it can't access the downloads. Also, after restarting lightdm, it won't start.
    – Eric G.
    Jun 30, 2016 at 0:37

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Reinstalling Ubuntu seems to have fixed my problems. Thanks for the help!

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  • @andrew.46 This is an answer by the OP.
    – Pilot6
    Jun 30, 2016 at 9:00
  • @Pilot6 Ooops....
    – andrew.46 ♦
    Jun 30, 2016 at 10:27

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