Questions tagged [login-screen]
Questions about the login screen, specifically customizing/troubleshooting it.
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Login loop both from GUI and console
Whenever I try to login to my Ubuntu desktop, it asks for login in a loop.
I tried to login from console (Ctrl+Alt+F3), but it's also not working. Console also asks for login in a loop. Now I am ...
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Xubuntu 22.04 freezes on login screen
I'm running Xubuntu 22.04 on a Lenovo Thinkcentre M710s SFF (no Nvidia) that I bought used. There have been occasional problems with it turning on, but it has mostly worked.
Today, the machine booted ...
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Login screen disappears after a few seconds
I'm on Ubuntu Studio 22.04.2 LTS (5.15.0-76 low latency 64)
When I boot up and get to the login screen, I have a few seconds to type the password ans enter before I get an empty black screen with a ...
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After upgrading to 22.04 screen stays at a black screen when logging in
I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad P15s. I recently upgraded Ubuntu to 22.04, but after rebooting I can't seem to log in to my account, and the screen stays blank. I performed a system restore and was able ...
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etc/update-motd.d added script which executes. But after change the old version is being executed
My script executes OK. But when I altered it on login the old one is still executing instead of the amended one. Do I need to refresh/restart something (except system :) ) for my changes to be ...
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Can not login to (graphical terminal) and stuttering
I'm new to Linux and chose Ubuntu onto recommendation of The Odin project.
I got an issue that everything is slow and laggy (stuttering) and I tried to fix it with doing system updates. According to ...
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Ubuntu login screen seems like 22.04 after updating to 23.04
I updated Ubuntu 22.04 to 23.04. But after booting up. The login screen seems like it is from 22.04. When I suspend and see the login page it seems like 23.04. And the graphics of buttons at login ...
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Not able to enter password for few seconds at login screen in Kubuntu 23.04
I am using Kubuntu 23.04 on HP Pavilion laptop.
Everything is working fine except one problem at login screen.
I am not able to type a password for the first few seconds(around 10 seconds). Nothing ...
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How to customize the login avatar? I want to remove the circle that is automatically put around my picture
The default avatar looked really nice as a transparent ping outline of a person. It had no circle around it so I wanted to put a zergling as my avatar as transparent .png. Unfortunately it ...
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All users not visible after screen lock. Only logged in user is visible
When i lock screen from top right pull down menu. I am not able to login into other users as rest of users are not visible. When I press ctrl alt f1 while logged in I sent to black screen with a ...
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Make GNOME keyboard shortcuts available on lockscreen (login screen )
I configured some usefull custom keyboard shortcut via gnome built-in shortcut feature (for example a keyboard shortcut for quick suspending ).
However, when I lock my computer, they are not available ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 unable to boot to desktop, stuck at command-line login screen
Ubuntu 22.04 unable to boot to desktop, stuck at command-line login screen after I ran sudo update-initramfs -u
and sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target
It only shows login terminal login ...
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how to resolve D-Bus system message bus
after an update i restarted my system after the restart i got stuck at the loading screen after pressing the F2 it says
Failed to start System Logging service.
Failed to start D-Bus system Message Bus....
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Installed nvidia drivers: black screen with blinking cursor
I was running Wayland on 22.10 using nouveau on a GTX 550 Ti, and decided to install nvidia's 390 drivers using the Additional Drivers tool. The installation finished with asking me to reboot. After ...
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Unable to login to ubuntu laptop after restart with incomplete upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have a dell xps laptop. Yesterday I was running Ubuntu 16.04 and was trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.04 from the command line.
. I ran the following commands in the command line
sudo apt update &...
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Opening laptop shows regular screen for split second before log-in
Upon opening my laptop, the screen always flickers to the regular desktop with all the windows open and readable before going to the log-in screen.
I'm on a ThinkPad E470 currently running Ubuntu 22....
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Stuck in Login loop Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I am stuck in a login loop after restarting and have tried eveything below:
Stuck In Login Loop Ubuntu 20.04 (INFINITE),
https://www.makeuseof.com/fix-ubuntu-login-loop-issue/,
https://www....
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Black screen with underscore after ASUS logo while booting Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on ASUS Zenbook-N501VW. But when i try boot my system it shows a black screen with underscore (_) sign after ASUS logo. I have tried the solutions mentioned in this ...
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super + space not working in login page
on the login page, changing the keyboard language is not possible with super + space shortcut. by pressing super + space it shows changing language popup but does not affect keyboard language.
also in ...
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Is it possible to configure GNOME settings on Ubuntu through dconf database? Or is it possible to have a custom login (greeter) screen on Ubuntu?
I have a custom login screen with a welcome screen on my CentOS machine, and I am trying to figure out how to do this on my Ubuntu as well.
My /etc/dconf/db/gdm.d/00-login-screen looks like this:
[org/...
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Input not supported on 75Hz monitor
After getting this new monitor, I have always had display issues with it. This isn’t is just normal Ubuntu, I’ve had issues with every flavor and linux distrobution. For some reason, displaying ...
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Unable to login, blank screen does not revive, after upgrade to 22.04
Yesterday I attempted an OS upgrade from Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS. The machine being upgraded was a new Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 10. Following the upgrade I have two severe problems ...
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mouse and keyboard not working in Ubuntu 22.04
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. I just got this box (HP Z220 Workstation) back from a student who was using it successfully. However, when I boot, my mouse and keyboard are not working at login.
The machine ...
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login screen no show in a new user ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 22.04.
I maked a new user and when i lock screen the login screen no show.
I need help.
my main user is function correct, no problem.
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Loop login - /tmp permission issue
I am facing loop login issue on Ubuntu 22.10.
I was able to log into the shell and observed the following /tmp permissions:
drwxr-xr-x 20 arnaud arnaud 60K mars 24 08:55 tmp
I was able work around ...
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Can't open terminal on startup
I read some article how to fix ubuntu login loop, first step it said to open terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+f3 but i seems can't to open it only show "_" and it blinking.
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i don't know ...
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Authentication Required popup blocked access to my laptop
I see this popup after reboot and it doesn't allow me to login into my laptop. Also I can't enter my password into the textbox.
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Ubuntu 22.04 won’t let put the password
I upgraded ubuntu to version 22.04 just today, when it finshed the upgrade, it restarted the machine, however since then when boots and gets to login screen, I can see my username but it won’t move so ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. Login issue after suspend / inactivity
Sometimes i can't login after screen lock due to inactivity or suspend. I type in password, it processes 5 seconds and then clears out the password. Trying several times doesn't work. Only after ...
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Solving "Kernel Panic - Not Syncing: Attempted to Kill Init!" Error During Ubuntu Installation on Old PC
I am currently using Windows 7 on my PC and I am trying to install Ubuntu using a USB drive that I flashed with Balena Etcher. However, when I insert the USB into the port on my old PC and try to ...
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How to take a screenshot of login screen
I want to take screenshot of login screen in ubuntu 22.04.1.
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xRDP login dialog really small
My laptop that I'm using has a 3840x2160 13" screen. I'm using a Ubuntu 22.04 image on Hyper-V that I got from Microsoft. When I connect to it everything works fine except for one thing the login ...
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How can I ensure I can login to my laptop with a failing screen?
I have a Lenovo Flex with Ubuntu installed and the screen has been increasingly unreliable (flickering, sometimes just black). I'd like to ensure I can still use the computer when the screen dies, so ...
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black screen on boot with blinking cursor after Ubuntu 22.04 kernal 5.15.0.58-generic update
Just before the restart, I have installed camorama application and its dependences such as cairo, gnome-common, libv41-dev, gdk-pixbuf-2.0, gtk+-3.0.
I tried some available solutions with regards of ...
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I need to log out of an old account from login screen [duplicate]
I got a second hand pc and it has an ubuntu account login when i turn it on ,but i have no way of finding out the password to the ubuntu account so i was wondering how to fix this
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black screen in login Ubuntu 22.04
If I turn on my PC and not my monitor when I turn on my monitor the display is black and I don't see the login.
I must turn on the monitor before I turn on the PC to see the login.
With the screen off ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 password
I am running long running matlab code on Ubuntu 18.04.
Can I do something that requires a password so that there is no user login while the analyzes are being made on the computer ?
So when I'm not at ...
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Problem at login following update to Ubuntu Studio 22.04
I have a Lenovo T460p Laptop with Core i5 CPU, 16GB RAM and a 250GB SSD.
Error message at login page:
The current theme cannot be loaded due to the errors below please select another theme.
See ...
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LXqt login screen choices - what are the differences?
I tried installing LXqt on Ubuntu. The login screen offers the following choices:
Openbox
Lubuntu
LXQt Desktop
Ubuntu on Xorg
Ubuntu
Ubuntu on Wayland (Wayland)
Ubuntu (Wayland)
What's the difference ...
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how can i install the mate login screen on ubuntu 20.04?
I just installed mate's desktop on ubuntu focal fossa 20.04. I already have ubuntu unity downloaded on my pc. so the login screen is unity's login screen. how do I change it to mate's login screen via ...
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failure of startup to login screen -18.04
Was using bleach bit to cleanup. PC has very low disk space. Now won't start up and is showing stopping user manager for UID 123. NB: PC shut down unanticipated and now no start up to login.
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on startup login screen has default wallpaper
I am on kubuntu 22.04 and when I start up my device, login screen shows the default login background not the one I set in settings.
waking from sleep or locking screen shows correct login screen ...
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22.04 black login screen on Early 2008 iMac
for some days now I only get a black screen after booting.
Detailed error description:
During the boot, the display resolution seems to be messed up and everything is displayed in a distorted manner. ...
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KDE Plasma, virtual keyboard on login
I see complaints online going back as far as 2009 about a large virtual keyboard that appears and covers the login prompt upon system boot.
Boot.
Login screen quickly disappears and is replaced by a ...
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SDDM revoke "Num Lock" key state
When ever login screen or switch user (SDDM) interface is fired;
any lock key (Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock) state is revoked but the led on the keyboard still give lights
How to preserve key ...
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Ubuntu 22.10 login loop
I removed the Adwaita theme/icon using Stacer (a cleaner app) and it causes a login loop.
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Why does the logon screen show list of screenshots?
Faced with long list of screenshots I've taken recently at the logon screen. Is this a feature? See jpg. Working on
Ubuntu 20.04-->20.10
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"sorry that did not work. please try again" when logging into vps
I am a new ubuntu user. I have a XRDP remote desktop setup on my vps. Whenever I connect, the user is "root", but the root password does not work even thought I am putting it in 100% correct....
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How to change the log in keyboard layout in Ubuntu 22.04?
I'm a former windows user and completly new to linux and ubuntu (I had no idea what kernel, or booted, or distro was until a day ago). I just installed it to try it out. I am however not able to ...
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Ubuntu login loop on fresh installation with tedious workaround
I have a fresh 22.04 installation and everything seems to work ok. In this system I have an RTX 3090 so installed the proprietary NVIDIA driver from the additional drivers and this seems to work well. ...
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