Ubuntu 18.04 on login loop, even with correct password
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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, done some app installation and configurations and went to sleep. This morning, the login simply didn't work: the system is unable to log into my session, even with the correct password. Every time I try it, it flashes the screen into black and purple, the mouse pointer is available, but it flashes back to the login screen again: no error message prompts and I spent quite some time amusing myself trying to win it by attrition =). I also tried switch over to Wayland, and the same result: screen flashes to black, couple of seconds later, I'm back at the login stage.
There is nothing wrong with my password, since I can log into my user account on the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1). Once there, I did a sudo apt update/upgrade in the hopes it'd fix something, but my system was up to date and it didn't solve anything after I rebooted.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on the internet and the only solution that it seemed worthwhile to my noobish eyes was removing/deleting the .Xauthority file. But when I tried it, the return I got was that there was no such file on my Home directory. The other solutions applied to people upgrading their systems - mine was a fresh install - or with pretty specific hardware and conditions that don't apply to me.
So, what should I do to fix this?
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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, done some app installation and configurations and went to sleep. This morning, the login simply didn't work: the system is unable to log into my session, even with the correct password. Every time I try it, it flashes the screen into black and purple, the mouse pointer is available, but it flashes back to the login screen again: no error message prompts and I spent quite some time amusing myself trying to win it by attrition =). I also tried switch over to Wayland, and the same result: screen flashes to black, couple of seconds later, I'm back at the login stage.
There is nothing wrong with my password, since I can log into my user account on the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1). Once there, I did a sudo apt update/upgrade in the hopes it'd fix something, but my system was up to date and it didn't solve anything after I rebooted.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on the internet and the only solution that it seemed worthwhile to my noobish eyes was removing/deleting the .Xauthority file. But when I tried it, the return I got was that there was no such file on my Home directory. The other solutions applied to people upgrading their systems - mine was a fresh install - or with pretty specific hardware and conditions that don't apply to me.
So, what should I do to fix this?
18.04
asked Jul 25 at 18:31
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Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
– Elder Geek
Jul 25 at 21:43
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Check againls -l ~/.Xauthorityls -l ~/.ICEauthorityls -ld ~
– Hobbyist
Oct 30 at 15:35
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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, done some app installation and configurations and went to sleep. This morning, the login simply didn't work: the system is unable to log into my session, even with the correct password. Every time I try it, it flashes the screen into black and purple, the mouse pointer is available, but it flashes back to the login screen again: no error message prompts and I spent quite some time amusing myself trying to win it by attrition =). I also tried switch over to Wayland, and the same result: screen flashes to black, couple of seconds later, I'm back at the login stage.
There is nothing wrong with my password, since I can log into my user account on the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1). Once there, I did a sudo apt update/upgrade in the hopes it'd fix something, but my system was up to date and it didn't solve anything after I rebooted.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on the internet and the only solution that it seemed worthwhile to my noobish eyes was removing/deleting the .Xauthority file. But when I tried it, the return I got was that there was no such file on my Home directory. The other solutions applied to people upgrading their systems - mine was a fresh install - or with pretty specific hardware and conditions that don't apply to me.
So, what should I do to fix this?
18.04
asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
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I installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday, done some app installation and configurations and went to sleep. This morning, the login simply didn't work: the system is unable to log into my session, even with the correct password. Every time I try it, it flashes the screen into black and purple, the mouse pointer is available, but it flashes back to the login screen again: no error message prompts and I spent quite some time amusing myself trying to win it by attrition =). I also tried switch over to Wayland, and the same result: screen flashes to black, couple of seconds later, I'm back at the login stage.
There is nothing wrong with my password, since I can log into my user account on the Terminal (CTRL+ALT+F1). Once there, I did a sudo apt update/upgrade in the hopes it'd fix something, but my system was up to date and it didn't solve anything after I rebooted.
I've seen a lot of similar reports on the internet and the only solution that it seemed worthwhile to my noobish eyes was removing/deleting the .Xauthority file. But when I tried it, the return I got was that there was no such file on my Home directory. The other solutions applied to people upgrading their systems - mine was a fresh install - or with pretty specific hardware and conditions that don't apply to me.
So, what should I do to fix this?
18.04
18.04
asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
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asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
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asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
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asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
2614
asked Jul 25 at 18:31
wowbagger
2614
2614
2
Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
– Elder Geek
Jul 25 at 21:43
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Check againls -l ~/.Xauthorityls -l ~/.ICEauthorityls -ld ~
– Hobbyist
Oct 30 at 15:35
add a comment |
2
Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
– Elder Geek
Jul 25 at 21:43
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Check againls -l ~/.Xauthorityls -l ~/.ICEauthorityls -ld ~
– Hobbyist
Oct 30 at 15:35
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2
Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
– Elder Geek
Jul 25 at 21:43
Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
– Elder Geek
Jul 25 at 21:43
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Check again
ls -l ~/.Xauthority ls -l ~/.ICEauthority ls -ld ~– Hobbyist
Oct 30 at 15:35
Check again
ls -l ~/.Xauthority ls -l ~/.ICEauthority ls -ld ~– Hobbyist
Oct 30 at 15:35
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I had the same problem.
Then I found out that I accidentally changed the ownership of my /home/username directory to root.
So you can go to the terminal by CTRL+ALT+F1, and change the username directory ownership with
sudo chown username:username -R /home/username
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
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I ended up solving this by disabling secure boot on my notebook. As I understand, my issue was caused by wonky Nvidia drivers.
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Experienced the same problem today for the first time since moving on to Beaver. Weirdly immediately post full wizard install.
Initially I thought it was a Wayland issue but despite attempts to force other compositors the issue remained until I cracked-open a Shell and removed my freshly created user /home folder. Upon the next initialisation of my chosen GDM I was shown the new user config wizard and all has been fine since.
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3 Answers
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up vote
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I had the same problem.
Then I found out that I accidentally changed the ownership of my /home/username directory to root.
So you can go to the terminal by CTRL+ALT+F1, and change the username directory ownership with
sudo chown username:username -R /home/username
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
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up vote
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I had the same problem.
Then I found out that I accidentally changed the ownership of my /home/username directory to root.
So you can go to the terminal by CTRL+ALT+F1, and change the username directory ownership with
sudo chown username:username -R /home/username
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
I had the same problem.
Then I found out that I accidentally changed the ownership of my /home/username directory to root.
So you can go to the terminal by CTRL+ALT+F1, and change the username directory ownership with
sudo chown username:username -R /home/username
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
I had the same problem.
Then I found out that I accidentally changed the ownership of my /home/username directory to root.
So you can go to the terminal by CTRL+ALT+F1, and change the username directory ownership with
sudo chown username:username -R /home/username
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
edited Sep 27 at 23:40
zx485
1,43831114
1,43831114
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
answered Sep 27 at 18:43
HosseinNedaee
111
111
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add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I ended up solving this by disabling secure boot on my notebook. As I understand, my issue was caused by wonky Nvidia drivers.
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I ended up solving this by disabling secure boot on my notebook. As I understand, my issue was caused by wonky Nvidia drivers.
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I ended up solving this by disabling secure boot on my notebook. As I understand, my issue was caused by wonky Nvidia drivers.
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
I ended up solving this by disabling secure boot on my notebook. As I understand, my issue was caused by wonky Nvidia drivers.
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
2614
answered Nov 19 at 21:49
wowbagger
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2614
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add a comment |
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Experienced the same problem today for the first time since moving on to Beaver. Weirdly immediately post full wizard install.
Initially I thought it was a Wayland issue but despite attempts to force other compositors the issue remained until I cracked-open a Shell and removed my freshly created user /home folder. Upon the next initialisation of my chosen GDM I was shown the new user config wizard and all has been fine since.
answered Nov 18 at 19:05
Rob
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Experienced the same problem today for the first time since moving on to Beaver. Weirdly immediately post full wizard install.
Initially I thought it was a Wayland issue but despite attempts to force other compositors the issue remained until I cracked-open a Shell and removed my freshly created user /home folder. Upon the next initialisation of my chosen GDM I was shown the new user config wizard and all has been fine since.
answered Nov 18 at 19:05
Rob
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Experienced the same problem today for the first time since moving on to Beaver. Weirdly immediately post full wizard install.
Initially I thought it was a Wayland issue but despite attempts to force other compositors the issue remained until I cracked-open a Shell and removed my freshly created user /home folder. Upon the next initialisation of my chosen GDM I was shown the new user config wizard and all has been fine since.
answered Nov 18 at 19:05
Rob
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Experienced the same problem today for the first time since moving on to Beaver. Weirdly immediately post full wizard install.
Initially I thought it was a Wayland issue but despite attempts to force other compositors the issue remained until I cracked-open a Shell and removed my freshly created user /home folder. Upon the next initialisation of my chosen GDM I was shown the new user config wizard and all has been fine since.
answered Nov 18 at 19:05
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answered Nov 18 at 19:05
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Possible duplicate of Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
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Did you find a solution for this? I have the same problem and the solution mentioned on the above link does not work for Ubuntu 18.04
– Sumit
Sep 25 at 6:37
Check again
ls -l ~/.Xauthorityls -l ~/.ICEauthorityls -ld ~– Hobbyist
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