Deskop unusable after 8.10->9.04 upgrade

[Ioannis Vranos]

Kent Tenney wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> amd64 desktop
> 
> Upon boot, Ubuntu hangs at at an X window,
> a regular timer icon.
> 
> when I
> ctrl-alt-f1
> ~$ tail -f /var/log/auth.log
> 
> I see it filling with
> 
> pam_nologin(gdm:auth): cannot determine username
> 
> 
> Any suggestions as to config files to check, workarounds, or
> kludges to get my desktop back would be appreciated.


Try a clean install.


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