Ubuntu 18 upgrade failing to login after upgrade
Went from clean recently installed ubuntu 17 to 18 and after upgrade I rebooted and entered login info and it just freezes on the purple screen of death. Machine is a dell xps 15 ,. I tried installing the Nvidia 390 drivers to no avail
upgrade 18.04
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
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Went from clean recently installed ubuntu 17 to 18 and after upgrade I rebooted and entered login info and it just freezes on the purple screen of death. Machine is a dell xps 15 ,. I tried installing the Nvidia 390 drivers to no avail
upgrade 18.04
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
May 4 '18 at 2:38
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Went from clean recently installed ubuntu 17 to 18 and after upgrade I rebooted and entered login info and it just freezes on the purple screen of death. Machine is a dell xps 15 ,. I tried installing the Nvidia 390 drivers to no avail
upgrade 18.04
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
Went from clean recently installed ubuntu 17 to 18 and after upgrade I rebooted and entered login info and it just freezes on the purple screen of death. Machine is a dell xps 15 ,. I tried installing the Nvidia 390 drivers to no avail
upgrade 18.04
upgrade 18.04
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
asked May 4 '18 at 1:41
jasonjason
3314
3314
Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
May 4 '18 at 2:38
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Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
May 4 '18 at 2:38
Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
May 4 '18 at 2:38
Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
May 4 '18 at 2:38
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This is a known bug in the release version of 18.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1766137
The problem is that the login succeeds, but GNOME fails to launch. Here are your options:
The problem most often occurs when you type your password wrong, and then type it correctly on a subsequent attempt. If, when you mistype your password, you then click "cancel" to go back to the initial screen and choose your username again, type your password correctly, you should be able to get to the desktop.
Some have reported that installing the latest Nvidia drivers helps. This hasn't worked for me, but you can try it.
Switch to a different display manager until it is fixed. This can be somewhat technical so I consider it out of scope for this answer.
Switch to a different desktop environment. The problem only occurs in Gnome, so you can click the gear icon in the login screen and pick "unity" instead of "gnome" and it should go away.
answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
Trevor SullivanTrevor Sullivan
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I did these and it fixed the issue.
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Login
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Chose gdm3
reboot
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
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answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
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i have the same problem but on a server without gdm or another desktop.
I can not enter my password. it seems as if the server sends return or runs a time which is only about 2 seconds long.
the fail action
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This is a known bug in the release version of 18.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1766137
The problem is that the login succeeds, but GNOME fails to launch. Here are your options:
The problem most often occurs when you type your password wrong, and then type it correctly on a subsequent attempt. If, when you mistype your password, you then click "cancel" to go back to the initial screen and choose your username again, type your password correctly, you should be able to get to the desktop.
Some have reported that installing the latest Nvidia drivers helps. This hasn't worked for me, but you can try it.
Switch to a different display manager until it is fixed. This can be somewhat technical so I consider it out of scope for this answer.
Switch to a different desktop environment. The problem only occurs in Gnome, so you can click the gear icon in the login screen and pick "unity" instead of "gnome" and it should go away.
answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
Trevor SullivanTrevor Sullivan
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add a comment |
This is a known bug in the release version of 18.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1766137
The problem is that the login succeeds, but GNOME fails to launch. Here are your options:
The problem most often occurs when you type your password wrong, and then type it correctly on a subsequent attempt. If, when you mistype your password, you then click "cancel" to go back to the initial screen and choose your username again, type your password correctly, you should be able to get to the desktop.
Some have reported that installing the latest Nvidia drivers helps. This hasn't worked for me, but you can try it.
Switch to a different display manager until it is fixed. This can be somewhat technical so I consider it out of scope for this answer.
Switch to a different desktop environment. The problem only occurs in Gnome, so you can click the gear icon in the login screen and pick "unity" instead of "gnome" and it should go away.
answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
Trevor SullivanTrevor Sullivan
262
add a comment |
This is a known bug in the release version of 18.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1766137
The problem is that the login succeeds, but GNOME fails to launch. Here are your options:
The problem most often occurs when you type your password wrong, and then type it correctly on a subsequent attempt. If, when you mistype your password, you then click "cancel" to go back to the initial screen and choose your username again, type your password correctly, you should be able to get to the desktop.
Some have reported that installing the latest Nvidia drivers helps. This hasn't worked for me, but you can try it.
Switch to a different display manager until it is fixed. This can be somewhat technical so I consider it out of scope for this answer.
Switch to a different desktop environment. The problem only occurs in Gnome, so you can click the gear icon in the login screen and pick "unity" instead of "gnome" and it should go away.
answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
Trevor SullivanTrevor Sullivan
262
This is a known bug in the release version of 18.04.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1766137
The problem is that the login succeeds, but GNOME fails to launch. Here are your options:
The problem most often occurs when you type your password wrong, and then type it correctly on a subsequent attempt. If, when you mistype your password, you then click "cancel" to go back to the initial screen and choose your username again, type your password correctly, you should be able to get to the desktop.
Some have reported that installing the latest Nvidia drivers helps. This hasn't worked for me, but you can try it.
Switch to a different display manager until it is fixed. This can be somewhat technical so I consider it out of scope for this answer.
Switch to a different desktop environment. The problem only occurs in Gnome, so you can click the gear icon in the login screen and pick "unity" instead of "gnome" and it should go away.
answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
Trevor SullivanTrevor Sullivan
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answered May 5 '18 at 16:52
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I did these and it fixed the issue.
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Login
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Chose gdm3
reboot
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
add a comment |
I did these and it fixed the issue.
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Login
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Chose gdm3
reboot
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
add a comment |
I did these and it fixed the issue.
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Login
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Chose gdm3
reboot
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
I did these and it fixed the issue.
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Login
$ sudo apt-get install xorg
$ mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Chose gdm3
reboot
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
edited May 19 '18 at 9:04
Thomas
3,77181527
3,77181527
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
113
answered May 19 '18 at 8:12
Hemanth GowdaHemanth Gowda
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i have the same problem but on a server without gdm or another desktop.
I can not enter my password. it seems as if the server sends return or runs a time which is only about 2 seconds long.
the fail action
answered 7 mins ago
AktonyAktony
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i have the same problem but on a server without gdm or another desktop.
I can not enter my password. it seems as if the server sends return or runs a time which is only about 2 seconds long.
the fail action
answered 7 mins ago
AktonyAktony
1
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i have the same problem but on a server without gdm or another desktop.
I can not enter my password. it seems as if the server sends return or runs a time which is only about 2 seconds long.
the fail action
answered 7 mins ago
AktonyAktony
1
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i have the same problem but on a server without gdm or another desktop.
I can not enter my password. it seems as if the server sends return or runs a time which is only about 2 seconds long.
the fail action
answered 7 mins ago
AktonyAktony
1
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Time to restore from your backup and try it again.
– SDsolar
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