Unable to log in Ubuntu 16.04












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My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.



do not have permissions for cat ~/.xsession-errors or sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors



I have Ubuntu 16.04
16G are available



I have tried a few things
But this is what happens (first few seconds of the video)
Pretty similar to what appears in this Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG4deLa_vK8










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  • Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 16:27













  • Could you please mention the errors you got?

    – thephoenix01
    Jan 15 at 16:52











  • @vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:08













  • what command did you use for xsession errors.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 17:22











  • cat ~/.xsession-errors

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:23
















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My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.



do not have permissions for cat ~/.xsession-errors or sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors



I have Ubuntu 16.04
16G are available



I have tried a few things
But this is what happens (first few seconds of the video)
Pretty similar to what appears in this Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG4deLa_vK8










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  • Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 16:27













  • Could you please mention the errors you got?

    – thephoenix01
    Jan 15 at 16:52











  • @vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:08













  • what command did you use for xsession errors.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 17:22











  • cat ~/.xsession-errors

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:23














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My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.



do not have permissions for cat ~/.xsession-errors or sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors



I have Ubuntu 16.04
16G are available



I have tried a few things
But this is what happens (first few seconds of the video)
Pretty similar to what appears in this Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG4deLa_vK8










share|improve this question









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My Ubuntu is stuck in a login loop when trying to enter my desktop. When I login, the screen gets black and soon after that the login screen comes back.



do not have permissions for cat ~/.xsession-errors or sudo cat ~/.xsession-errors



I have Ubuntu 16.04
16G are available



I have tried a few things
But this is what happens (first few seconds of the video)
Pretty similar to what appears in this Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG4deLa_vK8







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  • Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 16:27













  • Could you please mention the errors you got?

    – thephoenix01
    Jan 15 at 16:52











  • @vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:08













  • what command did you use for xsession errors.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 17:22











  • cat ~/.xsession-errors

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:23



















  • Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 16:27













  • Could you please mention the errors you got?

    – thephoenix01
    Jan 15 at 16:52











  • @vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:08













  • what command did you use for xsession errors.

    – Vijay
    Jan 15 at 17:22











  • cat ~/.xsession-errors

    – Eric
    Jan 15 at 17:23

















Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

– Vijay
Jan 15 at 16:27







Have you tried the solution given in the video and the link given there. Give more details of your disks. Is it dual boot.

– Vijay
Jan 15 at 16:27















Could you please mention the errors you got?

– thephoenix01
Jan 15 at 16:52





Could you please mention the errors you got?

– thephoenix01
Jan 15 at 16:52













@vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

– Eric
Jan 15 at 17:08







@vijay where would I get more detail about my disks? I tried the methods but nothing worked. I do not have enough space for GDM. I also cannot check the xsession errors because no such file or directory

– Eric
Jan 15 at 17:08















what command did you use for xsession errors.

– Vijay
Jan 15 at 17:22





what command did you use for xsession errors.

– Vijay
Jan 15 at 17:22













cat ~/.xsession-errors

– Eric
Jan 15 at 17:23





cat ~/.xsession-errors

– Eric
Jan 15 at 17:23










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