I had this problem with my Ubuntu 13.10 upgrade. I wish I could what I did to fix it ... You can get to a console by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1, from there you can login and poke around looking for errors in logs etc., especially the X11 log. Get back to your X session by pressing CTRL+ALT+F7
I'll try and remember what I did to fix it and let you know if I figure it out. You may also try Googling... On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 3:10 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > An hour ago I applied a number of updates to my Xubunu 13.10 laptop, but > deferred rebooting until I finished typing something in Greek. Having > done so I shut down LO Writer and rebooted. When the login screen came > back up it would not take my password, presumably because the keyboard > was still in Greek. > > I was able to log in as a guest, and the guest's keyboard was in > English (verified by typing something while logged in as guest), but > when I reboot JJJ still can't log in. I checked for the obvious (caps > lock is not on, etc.). On the Xfce login screen there is an icon in the > right side of the top panel that allows me to select the language, but > even after selecting US English, I still can't log in. > > Interestingly, if I leave the password blank I get an error message > that the password is wrong. I do not get this error message if I type > in my correct password. Therefore, I assume that I am typing in my > password correctly, but one of the updates broke something and Linux > now just recycles to the login screen instead of proceeding to the > desktop. > > I really need some suggestions, urgently! > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers-- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
