Re: Ubuntu login question

Have you checked dmesg and syslog?


Or, switch to another TTY, login, and run startx.


On 25/12/16 22:11, Braun Brelin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My Ubuntu 16.04 system has suddenly stopped working.  By that I mean
> that it gives me the graphical login prompt, but when I type in my
> password, it just re-displays the login prompt.  
> 
> The problem isn't an invalid password.  It seems to be related to some
> sort of permission problem, I'm guessing, but I can't figure out where
> to start looking to solve this.  I've looked at the Xorg.0.log file in
> /var/log and also the .xsession-errors file in my home directory but I
> can't find any sort of smoking gun that tells me why Ubuntu won't load
> my desktop.  
> 
> Any help appreciated. 
> 
> 
> Braun Brelin
> 
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