Thread: Login screen being redisplayed

hi,

upgraded ubuntu 10.04 lts. upgrade went fine , once done, did restart of computer. (expected)

after restart, cleaned computer bit. (reinstalled packages, removed some). 1 thing did removed .xsession_* files home directory. (i thought old , removed them).

since whenever restart machine, login screen displayed, doesn't allow me login.when enter user name , password, displays login screen again afer time (displays black screen , login screen). same root user.

able login in console mode using both own user id , root user id.

doubt if messed while trying own clean up. don't have live cd. upgraded on internet.

can me out of this?

thanks.

posted pravsemilo

hi,

upgraded ubuntu 10.04 lts. upgrade went fine , once done, did restart of computer. (expected)

after restart, cleaned computer bit. (reinstalled packages, removed some). 1 thing did removed .xsession_* files home directory. (i thought old , removed them).

since whenever restart machine, login screen displayed, doesn't allow me login.when enter user name , password, displays login screen again afer time (displays black screen , login screen). same root user.

able login in console mode using both own user id , root user id.

doubt if messed while trying own clean up. don't have live cd. upgraded on internet.

can me out of this?

thanks.

welcome ubuntu forums!

running out door @ moment but... later help.

deleting .xsession files home directory removed per-user graphics settings had. setting done xrandr commands set resident temporary settings, affected user's graphics session. global settings commonly set xorg.conf file.

while i'm gone, please read first 3 posts of:
sticky: [all variants] graphics resolution- upgrade /blank screen after reboot

post results of:

code:

lspci -v | grep vga sudo hwinfo --framebuffer sudo hwinfo --monitor xrandr -q

if command not found error on hwinfo, please install , run 2 commands again. install via:

code:

sudo apt-get install hwinfo

also please post these 2 files if present:

code:

/etc/x11/xorg.conf /var/log/xorg.0.log

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