Ubuntu 16.04 Login Loop Problem
I have a problem with ubuntu. When I tried login, I was seeing a black screen and again login screen was coming. I tried some codes but they didn't work. Codes which I tried;
chown username:username .Xauthority
mv .Xauthority .Xauthority.bak
sudo chmod a+wt /tmp
sudo apt-get purge lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
However I creat a new account and it is working. Well, I want to use my main account but I can't work it. Can someone help me? Thanks.
16.04 login lightdm
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
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asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
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I have a problem with ubuntu. When I tried login, I was seeing a black screen and again login screen was coming. I tried some codes but they didn't work. Codes which I tried;
chown username:username .Xauthority
mv .Xauthority .Xauthority.bak
sudo chmod a+wt /tmp
sudo apt-get purge lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
However I creat a new account and it is working. Well, I want to use my main account but I can't work it. Can someone help me? Thanks.
16.04 login lightdm
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
add a comment |
I have a problem with ubuntu. When I tried login, I was seeing a black screen and again login screen was coming. I tried some codes but they didn't work. Codes which I tried;
chown username:username .Xauthority
mv .Xauthority .Xauthority.bak
sudo chmod a+wt /tmp
sudo apt-get purge lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
However I creat a new account and it is working. Well, I want to use my main account but I can't work it. Can someone help me? Thanks.
16.04 login lightdm
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
I have a problem with ubuntu. When I tried login, I was seeing a black screen and again login screen was coming. I tried some codes but they didn't work. Codes which I tried;
chown username:username .Xauthority
mv .Xauthority .Xauthority.bak
sudo chmod a+wt /tmp
sudo apt-get purge lightdm
sudo apt-get install lightdm
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
However I creat a new account and it is working. Well, I want to use my main account but I can't work it. Can someone help me? Thanks.
16.04 login lightdm
16.04 login lightdm
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
edited Mar 19 '17 at 20:53
Danibix
1,42511022
1,42511022
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
asked Mar 19 '17 at 20:12
sherlocksmsherlocksm
1613
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I had a same problem and I solved it. Problem with login loop showed up after irregular shutdown. I have solved the problem as follows:
I saw that my home folder did not have w attribute.
I added w attribute and reboot.
Click Ctrl + Alt + F1 and type in the console
sudo chmod -R +w ~
sudo reboot
Note: ~ home folder, +w add write attribute, -R recursive.
That's all.
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
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answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
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For me, for some reason, the owner of my home folder was changed to root. I just changed it back and I was able to login. Thankfully SSH was working for me so that I could make this change.
sudo chown user:user user
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
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I had login looping problem after upgrade of my old Thinkpad T-61p with nVidia Quadro FX 570M/PCIe/SSE2 graphics card. Right direction gave me this post, but hasn't helped either. So I start to look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log and there it was: my card was supported only by nvidia-340 driver. All what was needed was:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo reboot
My learning: read content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
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I had a same problem and I solved it. Problem with login loop showed up after irregular shutdown. I have solved the problem as follows:
I saw that my home folder did not have w attribute.
I added w attribute and reboot.
Click Ctrl + Alt + F1 and type in the console
sudo chmod -R +w ~
sudo reboot
Note: ~ home folder, +w add write attribute, -R recursive.
That's all.
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
1011
add a comment |
I had a same problem and I solved it. Problem with login loop showed up after irregular shutdown. I have solved the problem as follows:
I saw that my home folder did not have w attribute.
I added w attribute and reboot.
Click Ctrl + Alt + F1 and type in the console
sudo chmod -R +w ~
sudo reboot
Note: ~ home folder, +w add write attribute, -R recursive.
That's all.
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
1011
add a comment |
I had a same problem and I solved it. Problem with login loop showed up after irregular shutdown. I have solved the problem as follows:
I saw that my home folder did not have w attribute.
I added w attribute and reboot.
Click Ctrl + Alt + F1 and type in the console
sudo chmod -R +w ~
sudo reboot
Note: ~ home folder, +w add write attribute, -R recursive.
That's all.
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
1011
I had a same problem and I solved it. Problem with login loop showed up after irregular shutdown. I have solved the problem as follows:
I saw that my home folder did not have w attribute.
I added w attribute and reboot.
Click Ctrl + Alt + F1 and type in the console
sudo chmod -R +w ~
sudo reboot
Note: ~ home folder, +w add write attribute, -R recursive.
That's all.
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
1011
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
4,37152971
edited May 16 '17 at 10:47
Sumeet Deshmukh
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answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
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answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
mikiamikia
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answered May 16 '17 at 9:45
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For me, for some reason, the owner of my home folder was changed to root. I just changed it back and I was able to login. Thankfully SSH was working for me so that I could make this change.
sudo chown user:user user
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
add a comment |
For me, for some reason, the owner of my home folder was changed to root. I just changed it back and I was able to login. Thankfully SSH was working for me so that I could make this change.
sudo chown user:user user
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
add a comment |
For me, for some reason, the owner of my home folder was changed to root. I just changed it back and I was able to login. Thankfully SSH was working for me so that I could make this change.
sudo chown user:user user
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
For me, for some reason, the owner of my home folder was changed to root. I just changed it back and I was able to login. Thankfully SSH was working for me so that I could make this change.
sudo chown user:user user
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
answered Jun 25 '18 at 12:15
n3on3o
12317
12317
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add a comment |
I had login looping problem after upgrade of my old Thinkpad T-61p with nVidia Quadro FX 570M/PCIe/SSE2 graphics card. Right direction gave me this post, but hasn't helped either. So I start to look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log and there it was: my card was supported only by nvidia-340 driver. All what was needed was:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo reboot
My learning: read content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
1
add a comment |
I had login looping problem after upgrade of my old Thinkpad T-61p with nVidia Quadro FX 570M/PCIe/SSE2 graphics card. Right direction gave me this post, but hasn't helped either. So I start to look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log and there it was: my card was supported only by nvidia-340 driver. All what was needed was:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo reboot
My learning: read content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
1
add a comment |
I had login looping problem after upgrade of my old Thinkpad T-61p with nVidia Quadro FX 570M/PCIe/SSE2 graphics card. Right direction gave me this post, but hasn't helped either. So I start to look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log and there it was: my card was supported only by nvidia-340 driver. All what was needed was:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo reboot
My learning: read content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
1
I had login looping problem after upgrade of my old Thinkpad T-61p with nVidia Quadro FX 570M/PCIe/SSE2 graphics card. Right direction gave me this post, but hasn't helped either. So I start to look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log and there it was: my card was supported only by nvidia-340 driver. All what was needed was:
sudo apt install nvidia-340
sudo reboot
My learning: read content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
1
answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
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answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
Josef ŠvendaJosef Švenda
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answered Jul 21 '18 at 21:26
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