Questions tagged [login]
Questions related to logging into a user session or shell, for example at the graphical login screen that normally appears at the end of the boot process
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How to connect to hotel WiFi
Wireless issue/hotel WiFi. NIC Realtek RRL8111/8168/8411 PCI in an Inspiron 3501 running 22.04.3 LTS I constantly travel. Until two days ago to login my laptop on a hotel network I would bring up ...
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Login screen hangs, login only after restarting X
For a while, I experience regularly that the login screen on Ubuntu Studio 22.04 hangs, just a few seconds after it has appeared. That means: I can move the mouse pointer, but the cursor freezes and I ...
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22.04 - GDM Shell crashes (occasionally) after login
How would I diagnose a GDM crash after login. I can still SSH into the machine and I've been "fixing" broken shell session with:
$ sudo systemctl stop gdm
$ sudo systemctl start gdm
What ...
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Not at home after login
I have installed Ubuntu 22.04 in WSL2. I expect that the bash shall be started in the home directory that I find in /etc/passwd as
harper:x.1000:1000:,,,,:/home/harper:/bin/bash
But after starting ...
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How do I apply display settings to login screen in Ubuntu 22.04? [duplicate]
Ubuntu's Display Settings seem to be user-specific and are not applied until after login. How can I make my display settings apply to the login screen as well?
(This is quite annoying cause it causes ...
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Black screen after login 22.04
After I entered the password and clicked login, the computer went black. During this time the mouse pointer is still visible but unable to move. After a while, you will return to the login interface. ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 not loading UI after login, getting black screen
I'm having trouble with the system UI not loading after login. A few days ago I restarted my computer and got the login screen as expected, clicked on my user, typed my password and the UI did not ...
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Locked out of Ubuntu One account
I forgot my ubuntu one password and I asked for password reset but it keeps saying there are too many emails(even though there are none) so I should check my inbox. Once an email came through but it ...
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Custom modt script prevents me from logging in on server. Am I doing something wrong?
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server on an old computer I have, and I would like to have a custom script be run when I login to print useful information.
I have the script (linked below), placed it in ...
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I faced an issue with start UI on Ubuntu 22.04 after login
Until now everything has worked well.But today when I tried to login happend next one.
I boot my Ubuntu and see login screen as usual.
I fill login and password fields as usual
After that system ...
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Can't login to Active Directory although Ubuntu 22.04.3 is joined to Active Directory successfully
I have an Active Directory setup on a physical server Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Edition. I'm trying to join an Ubuntu 22.04.3 virtual machine to that AD. I follow the guide at this link (https://...
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Ubuntu home login page is not visible
I am using dual boot on my laptop. when I start Ubuntu then login page is not visible and when I start via recovery mode then it's working fine. Kindly help with this.
Thank you
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Login loop on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Xwayland and gnome-shell blocked
My Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS got stuck in login loop. I did nothing special to cause it (maybe some general Ubuntu updates). I tried suggestions from https://support.system76.com/articles/login-loop-ubuntu/ ...
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Frozen Login due to lack of space on Lubuntu 23.04 - Acer Chromebook N15Q10
my issue started after I checked for and applied (I think) a full system upgrade.
The issue is that I am faced with a frozen login screen after I've correctly entered my password entered. The mouse ...
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Black Screen Sign-in for Ubuntu 22.04: Log-in information is not working
I was using my computer yesterday and it was working just fine. When I went to use it the morning the super-l command was not working. I shut the system down and turned it back on - and now I have a ...
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Ubuntu Live Persistence Full - Unable to login
I have Ubuntu 23.04 Live on USB with 4 GB persistence.
While installing software (python-pip) received an error that persistence space full. Thereafter unable to do GUI Login!
Is it possible to do a ...
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How do I login to connected drive that has Ubuntu installed
I'm running Ubuntu Live USB right now. My SSD has Ubuntu installed on it, but it's having boot issues. I want to login to this SSD so I can run some updates. I was able to do this yesterday but I lost ...
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Clean install of 22.04.2 freezes after login
I have had quite a day with Ubuntu issues.
At 5 pm today I installed an update to 22.04.3. Upon restart I logged back in and was greeted with a black screen. I tried:
(1) Logging in with ctrl + alt + ...
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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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server boots into read-only file system after power outage
ok obi wan you're my only hope. my power went out recently and when it came back on, when I login to my ubuntu server I get the message below:
Unable to setup logging. [Errno 30] Read-only file ...
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kde screenlock wont accept password and have to first press switch user
I am on kubuntu jammy and I have run into a problem. when I lock screen with meta+L I can put in a password but clicking on the button or pressing enter wont work, it will show the animation of being ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.3 automatic downloads before log-in has a chance to cause unforeseen bugs?
Edit: The point of the post I suppose is to let devs know if a similar chain of events (starting downloads before log-in has happened) has the potential to cause issues. As for my personal issue I ...
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(Ubuntu Budgie) - Stuck in login loop - Ran out of disk space
I'm an amateur user of Linux with no idea whatsoever on terminals and command lines. A year back I was looking to switch over to FOSS and installed Ubuntu Budgie because I felt at ease with its ...
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After upgrading could only login to terminal 22.04.3
I know very little about Ubuntu. I was given a popup window for several upgrades, was told I would have to reboot after the upgrade. During the installation of the upgrade the screen froze for over an ...
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Login Loop Ubuntu 22.0.4.3 LTS
Ask Ubuntu community,
I would like to share my recent experience of facing a frustrating issue with Ubuntu on my computer. After a system update, I was confronted with a login loop challenge that ...
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Speech on signing in
ubuntu 20.04 How do I stop my LENOVO laptop saying "black circle, black circle, black circle ... paddle" when I enter my password at start up ?
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with sssd and active directory based login, offline/disconnected login fails
I'm out of ideas ...
We have a couple of PC with Ubuntu 22.04, configured to login the user against active directory with SSSD.
As far as I can see, I have correctly configured that the user can log ...
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Logins like [email protected] cause profile files to be owned by root
The users at my school are used to logging in to email, windows etc with a login [email protected] (authenticated with Active Directory via LDAP). Unfortunately this is causing havoc and corrupting ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu 20.04 Server
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I am Unable to login to Ubuntu 20.04 Server as post entering user credentials it again comes back to login screen.
I tried with both local as well as domain credentials but same result.
Need ...
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Fingerprint Scanner not working in Ubuntu
My Lenovo Thinkpad-T470s has a built-in fingerprint scanner, but Ubuntu doesn't recognize it. I tried unlocking the settings by entering my password, but there was still no option for fingerprint ...
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computer dropping wifi connection sometimes multiple times in a session, but no apparent pattern Ubuntu 23.04
Running a MacBook Air, version 7.2 and Ubuntu 23.04. I have a decent wifi router with good signal strength. I awaken the computer and when the computer connects to my wifi network I begin my session --...
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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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Unlock password dialog no longer granting access
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome on a Lenovo laptop.
About three months ago, my laptop started refusing my password when unlocking, both when the session timed out due to inactivity and when it was ...
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Ubuntu 22.04.1 login error displaying I/O error
My laptop was initially partitioned to contain both Windows and Linux, however the hard drive crashed. I bought a new hard drive and someone helped to install only Ubuntu 22.04 on it.
After pressing ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 freeze at login screen after fn lock
I have basically clean install of latest Ubuntu 23.04 on my Lattitude laptop (no nvidia or proprietary drivers)
And after a few days, it suddenly started to freeze right at login screen.
Have to go to ...
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how to perform commands from the "login shell"
I noticed that several programs (ie webstorm) run with their own manager, and thus through the login shell (running through the jetbrains toolbox to manage versions and updates smoothly), which I ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 freezing, leading to a login loop - how to investigate?
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 23.04.
Used the new installer.
One 4TB SSD disk with LUKS encryption.
I use the application VideoHubApp, which scans a directory for movies and makes previews.
When ...
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ubuntu server can't login
I need help!
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on vmware.
After rebooting I put the username and password that I wrote during the configuration but doesn't login.
Why? and how can I solve it?
ubuntu is in ...
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"Failed to connect" error when logging into system newly upgraded to 22.04.2
I just successfully upgraded a system from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04.2, and am getting the following error when logging in:
Failed to connect to https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts. Check your ...
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Can't login to domain users after enroll successfully Ubuntu 22.04
I'm working on ubuntu 22.04.
I installed all the required packages and enroll successfully to my domain.
my dc is on Windows server 2008 r2.
when I'm trying to login to any domain user after I'm ...
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When i start it goes to terminal login but GUI login never appears
When I start it directly goes to terminal login but GUI isn't appearing. Tried installing ubuntu-desktop but it throws error. Please refer the screenshot and help me. Thanks in advance. enter image ...
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How do I know if my display glitching badly after an Ubuntu 22.04 system update is a device problem or an Ubuntu problem?
I got a new Lenovo ThinkPad laptop 3 months ago on DOS version. I installed Ubuntu 22.04 as soon as I got it and it had been working smoothly since then. Today, I got a notification for a system ...
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Can I force a specific user to login by SSH cert only while all other accounts can still SSH by password?
Ubuntu wizards,
I'm trying to set a user to only be able to login via cert through SSH but allow all other users to login via password through SSH. For some reason, I'm not getting how to set this ...
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Black screen with just a cursor after updating
After updating and restarting my system the login screen is completely black and just the cursor is visible. I can move my cursor (pointer) and am able to login. When logged in I can see the desktop ...
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How to? re-install desktop/gui on Ubuntu 22.04
I had an old 16.04 system which was having issues but was set for retirement. I needed to get it working well enough to log in and get some data from two graphical applications.
I tried upgrading to ...
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Ubutuntu 22.04 won't boot - can't interrupt bluetooth errors
I cannot boot my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS laptop. The boot starts, but then it gets stuck on bluetooth errors. The same error repeats endlessly:
[ XXXXX] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to send firmware data (-...
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Issues with logging in and maintain remote RDP sessions with XRDP to VPS ubuntu 22.04
I have 2 VPS servers running on Ubuntu 22.04. 1 x86_64 at Contabo (VPS1) and one Oracle cloud free tier ARM64 (VPS2).
On Vps1, xfce4, loging in over RDP for some reasons, only allows 1 device at the ...
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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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Login Prompt not appearing on Ubuntu 20.04 login screen
As a disclaimer: I realise that there are a lot of questions on here that are similar to this one I haven't found one that is completely similar to my situation.
Yesterday my laptop ran out of battery ...
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Ubuntu Graphical login freeze
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with no GUI envirovment. The OS has been just installed and no modification to the standard version downloadable from the website have been made.
I've recently installed ...
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