After update, login loop

[Wade Smart]

Yes, Im on a different (ubuntu ) machine.
After you login you cant -- say... right click on the desktop
either. Thankfully most data is saved to our server so Im
just wiping it out and reinstalling.


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On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 6:39 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 at 13:30, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I know how to hold them all down at once.
>> It does not do anything at all.
>> I tried from the moment I power on right up until
>> the login screen. At no point does that key combination
>> do anything.
>>
>> I tried Ctrl+ALT+(F1 on up) to see if any key combination
>> would work and nothing did.
>
> That's really strange. This is a standard Linux feature, unless it has
> been specifically disabled. It should work on all Linux machines,
> whether or not they have a GUI installed.
>
> It even worked on SCO Xenix when I started out 30 years ago -- I think
> it was Ctrl+ number 1/2/3/4 there.
>
> I presume that you're replying to the list from a different machine.
> If it's running Linux, you can try the Ctrl-Alt-F1/2/3/4/5/6 thing on
> it. Should work.
>
> It switches between "virtual consoles". Console 7, i.e. Ctrl+Alt+F7,
> is the one the GUI runs on and switching to that should show the login
> screen.
>
> Once you're at a text console, you don't need Ctrl any more -- Alt+F1
> etc. should switch.
>
> It will only work when Linux is up and running in multiuser mode -- it
> won't work in the GRUB boot menu, or early in the boot process, but
> once the machine is sitting at the login screen, it should be there.
>
> Unfortunately Debian (Ubuntu's parent) removed a very useful feature,
> called runlevels. Most Unixes do this and let you choose from
> single-user, multiuser, multiuser with networking, and graphical modes
> (plus 0, i.e. off, and 6, i.e. reboot). Without it, there's no way to
> get online with a broken GUI and update the machine.
>
> The only one left in Debian/Ubuntu is single-user mode. Here's how:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/132965/how-do-i-boot-into-single-user-mode-from-grub
>
> It might let you fix xauthority...
>
>
>
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