Login problem after dist-upgrade

[Jordon Bedwell]

  On 8/24/2010 7:28 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an old Sony desktop (900MHz AMD Duron , 512 MB RAM, CD/DVD ROM, 40 GB
> IDE HD) that worked fine with 9.10 but fails to successfully bring up the
> desktop after a dist-upgrade to 10.04.1.  When the correct password is
> entered at the GUI prompt, it begins to display the desktop panels and then
> cycles back to the login prompt.  When an incorrect password is entered, it
> correctly indicates an authentication failure on the login prompt.
>
> Any ideas about what broke?
>
> Thanks,
> Dick Dowdell
> 508-498-7919/508-528-4018
>
Reset your graphics and then try to login using Vesa drivers.  I haven't 
upgraded my Ubuntu installs yet, but if there was a Kernel update, this 
could be a typical symptom.