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Ubuntu 9.10 - the Karmic Koala - released in October 2009
20091215:
I recently installed 9.1 (desktop) and today ran the updates. It installed fine
... I got prompted for a restart. System restarted but did not auto-login
(thats how I had it setup).
It appears to attempt the auto login but fails and prompts me to login.
(which also fails). My login credentials are correct because if I enter
a invalid password it states "authentication failed" but not so with the
correct password. It simply returns to the login after a couple of
screen flashes .... now I'm locked out without a way in!!!
20091216 Update:
I did finally reinstall and ran updates again. There is definitely a bug with
the updates which causes the login to fail for the primary user. Again as
before I set myself up to login automatically. Login to this account fails
consistently (as before)
What I did do this time was before I ran UPDATES I created 2 other
logins. #1 Admin (ROOT Group) and #2 another user with the same
privileges as my initial login. Here's what I found ....
1. When the login fails on the default account (created on installation) I
can login as root (my Admin ac) then switch user and login with the account
that is failing, successfully!
2. In the same situation I am able to login with the 2nd user account but
when I switch user and attempt to login to the default account, login fails and
this time prompts me to enter the 2nd users password as if I attempted to
switch to this user.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Dec 16 07:30:19 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: firefox-3.5 3.5.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: firefox-3.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:3822): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion
`src != NULL' failed
(nautilus:3854): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion
`preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
** Affects: gdm (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Incomplete
** Tags: apport-bug i386
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Does not let me log in after running Updates
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/497430
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