Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
I'm experiencing a very annoying problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
Whenever my laptop resumes after being suspended I'm completely unable to login and get the error;
Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
The issue is well described here, although it seems no one has found a solution to it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557
Is there any way to stop this from happening?
Update:
To anyone who comes across this, the shortcut to get to the greeter without having to reboot is Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Also if anyone of the people who voted to close this question had actually read the bug report above they'd see that users still report the same issue after upgrading to 18.04.
login 18.04 lightdm
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
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I'm experiencing a very annoying problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
Whenever my laptop resumes after being suspended I'm completely unable to login and get the error;
Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
The issue is well described here, although it seems no one has found a solution to it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557
Is there any way to stop this from happening?
Update:
To anyone who comes across this, the shortcut to get to the greeter without having to reboot is Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Also if anyone of the people who voted to close this question had actually read the bug report above they'd see that users still report the same issue after upgrading to 18.04.
login 18.04 lightdm
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
As long as you can access your account viatty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…
– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
4
I would like to reopen and post that you can use$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart
– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
1
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
1
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59
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I'm experiencing a very annoying problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
Whenever my laptop resumes after being suspended I'm completely unable to login and get the error;
Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
The issue is well described here, although it seems no one has found a solution to it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557
Is there any way to stop this from happening?
Update:
To anyone who comes across this, the shortcut to get to the greeter without having to reboot is Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Also if anyone of the people who voted to close this question had actually read the bug report above they'd see that users still report the same issue after upgrading to 18.04.
login 18.04 lightdm
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
I'm experiencing a very annoying problem on Ubuntu 18.04.
Whenever my laptop resumes after being suspended I'm completely unable to login and get the error;
Authentication Failure Switch to greeter
The issue is well described here, although it seems no one has found a solution to it.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1733557
Is there any way to stop this from happening?
Update:
To anyone who comes across this, the shortcut to get to the greeter without having to reboot is Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Also if anyone of the people who voted to close this question had actually read the bug report above they'd see that users still report the same issue after upgrading to 18.04.
login 18.04 lightdm
login 18.04 lightdm
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
edited Oct 2 '18 at 7:32
Melebius
4,59451839
4,59451839
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
asked May 25 '18 at 9:44
JonathanJonathan
27539
27539
As long as you can access your account viatty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…
– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
4
I would like to reopen and post that you can use$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart
– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
1
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
1
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59
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show 3 more comments
As long as you can access your account viatty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…
– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
4
I would like to reopen and post that you can use$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart
– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
1
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
1
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59
As long as you can access your account via
tty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
As long as you can access your account via
tty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
4
4
I would like to reopen and post that you can use
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
I would like to reopen and post that you can use
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
1
1
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
1
1
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59
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As per Michael Durrant's comment above and this post:
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm restart
Note: Running this command will log you out of your system. So, make sure to save your work before that.
edited Jan 22 at 2:42
Pablo Bianchi
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One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
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I resolved the issue by a simple restart.
edited Oct 31 '18 at 13:51
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answered Oct 31 '18 at 8:37
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As per Michael Durrant's comment above and this post:
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm restart
Note: Running this command will log you out of your system. So, make sure to save your work before that.
edited Jan 22 at 2:42
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Oct 26 '18 at 0:31
November YankeeNovember Yankee
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One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
add a comment |
As per Michael Durrant's comment above and this post:
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm restart
Note: Running this command will log you out of your system. So, make sure to save your work before that.
edited Jan 22 at 2:42
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Oct 26 '18 at 0:31
November YankeeNovember Yankee
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One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
add a comment |
As per Michael Durrant's comment above and this post:
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm restart
Note: Running this command will log you out of your system. So, make sure to save your work before that.
edited Jan 22 at 2:42
Pablo Bianchi
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answered Oct 26 '18 at 0:31
November YankeeNovember Yankee
26039
As per Michael Durrant's comment above and this post:
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm
$ sudo service lightdm restart
Note: Running this command will log you out of your system. So, make sure to save your work before that.
edited Jan 22 at 2:42
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answered Oct 26 '18 at 0:31
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One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
add a comment |
One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
One time problem solved by reboot but then appears again. Suggested solution works for me.
– Vlad Savitsky
Dec 1 '18 at 15:47
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
WARNING: This works well. However, issuing these commands will log you out of the system. So, make sure to save your work before running these commands.
– mindreader
Jan 21 at 20:03
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I resolved the issue by a simple restart.
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I resolved the issue by a simple restart.
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I resolved the issue by a simple restart.
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answered Oct 31 '18 at 8:37
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I resolved the issue by a simple restart.
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As long as you can access your account via
tty, you can bypass it by this way: askubuntu.com/questions/557833/how-to-unlock-locked-session/…– Aryo Adhi
May 25 '18 at 9:49
Thanks. This at least saves me having to do a reboot every time which is awesome!
– Jonathan
May 25 '18 at 9:53
4
I would like to reopen and post that you can use
$ sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm $ sudo service lightdm restart– Michael Durrant
Sep 22 '18 at 0:18
1
@MichaelDurrant’s comment works according to Angela’s bug report command.
– David Foerster
Sep 22 '18 at 8:22
1
@MichaelDurrant The post is open and awaiting your answer. Cheers!
– Elder Geek
Sep 29 '18 at 14:59