login problem with Ubuntu 10.4

[Scott Berry]

Boy it sounds like you may have a part missing.  I am uncertain what it
would be but there is someone out there that should know.

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 15:21 -0400, macbeth wrote:
> Afternoon folks,
> 
> I downloaded Ubuntu 10.4 the other night and installed it on a machine that
> had 8.04 on it.
> 
> Everything looked just fine.  Rebooted, got to the login screen, logged in
> and gnome came up.  After about a second, the screen flashed black and went
> back to the login screen.
> 
> Try as I might, I can't get in.  I went into safe Gnome just fine, but I
> have no idea what to look for.  Or, even what to google for.
> 
> Any thoughts, pointers, sites, suggestions, would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
> Michael
> 
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