Login problem after dist-upgrade
Jordon Bedwell
jordon at envygeeks.com
Wed Aug 25 01:02:51 UTC 2010
On 8/24/2010 7:59 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Jordon Bedwell<jordon at envygeeks.com>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
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> Jordan,
>
> I haven't a clue how to boot the machine to terminal mode or to reset the
> graphics when I do.
>
> Thanks,
> Dick Dowdell
> 508-498-7919/508-528-4018
>
When your Grub menu shows up, press whatever key, and hit single user
mode. Then do: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg once it's reset to vesa
issue the reboot command or do: service gdm start
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