Some weeks ago I tried installing Ubuntu 10.04 on my test box. The installation completed and presented me with a login screen. However, when I typed my password there was a brief delay and then I was back at the login screen. At that time I found no solution on the Ubuntu community forum. In order to try out some other things I wiped that installation by installing Ubuntu 9. Somewhere along the line I was offered the opportunity to install a number of updates. After completing those I was offered the opportunity to upgrade to 10.04. Since it is just my test box, and since I was finished with the other things I wanted to do at the time, I allowed the process to proceed. It required a number of hours and a couple of responses, so it wasn't until the next morning that it was finally ready to present me with a login screen. After typing my password I heard most of the musical bit that serves to let me know the sound system is working. I say "most of" because it was clipped just before finishing, and then I was presented with the login screen, again!
I checked back with the Ubuntu community forum and found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1507373&highlight=login+loop One of the recommended fixes was: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you able to get to a console from the login screen by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2? If so, login and try typing 'df -h' to see if you have enough disk space. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've got plenty of disk space so on to the next recommendation: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I would try maybe reconfiguring gdm: sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm (followed by) sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That worked. Apparently there is an issue with some video subsystems. Anyway, now that it works, I'll try installing again from the CD and running dpkg-reconfigure gdm. If all that works, I'll start really configuring the box to include all the programs I'm currently using. If that works then I'll use it as a backup of this machine before upgrading it from Ubuntu 8. I suspect this will be a much harder project since I have yet to find a way to keep track of all the things that I install, and how I installed them. Also, I've noticed that some programs that were available in Ubuntu 8 are no longer easily available on either 9 or 10. These are not critical (Buoh comics reader and some card games) but they are things I use, and would miss. The other problem is discovering what I've done but have forgotten about since I don't use it/them very often. Some kind of install log might be the solution, as long as it isn't too cluttered. Any advice on this aspect of system administration will be appreciated. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
