Can't get to desktop after login
I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works, so I suspect the session in my account is corrupted.
Can anybody help me?
14.04 login shutdown users session
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I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works, so I suspect the session in my account is corrupted.
Can anybody help me?
14.04 login shutdown users session
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
add a comment |
I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works, so I suspect the session in my account is corrupted.
Can anybody help me?
14.04 login shutdown users session
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
I need some help: I shut down my laptop (Ubuntu 14.04), forgetting I was installing software, and now I can't get to unity after logging in. I just see my background picture.
Logging in a guest works, so I suspect the session in my account is corrupted.
Can anybody help me?
14.04 login shutdown users session
14.04 login shutdown users session
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
edited Jan 14 '15 at 18:22
Marcin Kaminski
4,3561634
4,3561634
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
asked Jan 13 '15 at 14:55
user3264971user3264971
612
612
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Warning: Take your time reading this first sentence:
Before typing the following keystroke, remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend. This is the keystroke to type to get back to where you are right now. (probably your guest session) OK? Remember? Sure?
OK! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to TTY1, which is a full screen terminal (and only a terminal: no mouse, no dash, no nothing). Try to log in there.
It does show your user name when you type it after the login: prompt, but does not show anything when you type your password! Oh, and you have to type Enter after you typed your user name and before it shows you the password prompt.
Now type the following commands: (assuming "user" is your old user name)
sudo adduser user2
and follow the instructions on-screen. If you're not on a US keyboard, don't use any "special" characters like £ à ŷ ü nor any numbers unless they're from your keypad.
Now type the following commands:
sudo adduser user2 adm
sudo adduser user2 cdrom
sudo adduser user2 sudo
sudo adduser user2 dip
sudo adduser user2 plugdev
sudo adduser user2 lpadmin
sudo adduser user2 sambashare
(If any of the above gives an error like group not found, don't worry: I'm trying to be thorough)
Now, log out of the guest session and log in as "user2" and come back here to this site and "accept" the answer by clicking on the little grey check-mark below the "0" to the left of this answer, thereby accepting the answer as valid and the next person asking the same kind of question will be able to use it as well.
Done? OK?
Now,
- open the file manager
- browse to the
/home/userdirectory
copy (not move!) all the files from Downloads to/home/user2/Downloads- check you did a good job.
- Now delete
/home/user/Downloads
- Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
Done!
answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
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Warning: Take your time reading this first sentence:
Before typing the following keystroke, remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend. This is the keystroke to type to get back to where you are right now. (probably your guest session) OK? Remember? Sure?
OK! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to TTY1, which is a full screen terminal (and only a terminal: no mouse, no dash, no nothing). Try to log in there.
It does show your user name when you type it after the login: prompt, but does not show anything when you type your password! Oh, and you have to type Enter after you typed your user name and before it shows you the password prompt.
Now type the following commands: (assuming "user" is your old user name)
sudo adduser user2
and follow the instructions on-screen. If you're not on a US keyboard, don't use any "special" characters like £ à ŷ ü nor any numbers unless they're from your keypad.
Now type the following commands:
sudo adduser user2 adm
sudo adduser user2 cdrom
sudo adduser user2 sudo
sudo adduser user2 dip
sudo adduser user2 plugdev
sudo adduser user2 lpadmin
sudo adduser user2 sambashare
(If any of the above gives an error like group not found, don't worry: I'm trying to be thorough)
Now, log out of the guest session and log in as "user2" and come back here to this site and "accept" the answer by clicking on the little grey check-mark below the "0" to the left of this answer, thereby accepting the answer as valid and the next person asking the same kind of question will be able to use it as well.
Done? OK?
Now,
- open the file manager
- browse to the
/home/userdirectory
copy (not move!) all the files from Downloads to/home/user2/Downloads- check you did a good job.
- Now delete
/home/user/Downloads
- Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
Done!
answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
FabbyFabby
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Warning: Take your time reading this first sentence:
Before typing the following keystroke, remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend. This is the keystroke to type to get back to where you are right now. (probably your guest session) OK? Remember? Sure?
OK! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to TTY1, which is a full screen terminal (and only a terminal: no mouse, no dash, no nothing). Try to log in there.
It does show your user name when you type it after the login: prompt, but does not show anything when you type your password! Oh, and you have to type Enter after you typed your user name and before it shows you the password prompt.
Now type the following commands: (assuming "user" is your old user name)
sudo adduser user2
and follow the instructions on-screen. If you're not on a US keyboard, don't use any "special" characters like £ à ŷ ü nor any numbers unless they're from your keypad.
Now type the following commands:
sudo adduser user2 adm
sudo adduser user2 cdrom
sudo adduser user2 sudo
sudo adduser user2 dip
sudo adduser user2 plugdev
sudo adduser user2 lpadmin
sudo adduser user2 sambashare
(If any of the above gives an error like group not found, don't worry: I'm trying to be thorough)
Now, log out of the guest session and log in as "user2" and come back here to this site and "accept" the answer by clicking on the little grey check-mark below the "0" to the left of this answer, thereby accepting the answer as valid and the next person asking the same kind of question will be able to use it as well.
Done? OK?
Now,
- open the file manager
- browse to the
/home/userdirectory
copy (not move!) all the files from Downloads to/home/user2/Downloads- check you did a good job.
- Now delete
/home/user/Downloads
- Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
Done!
answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
FabbyFabby
26.8k1360161
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Warning: Take your time reading this first sentence:
Before typing the following keystroke, remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend. This is the keystroke to type to get back to where you are right now. (probably your guest session) OK? Remember? Sure?
OK! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to TTY1, which is a full screen terminal (and only a terminal: no mouse, no dash, no nothing). Try to log in there.
It does show your user name when you type it after the login: prompt, but does not show anything when you type your password! Oh, and you have to type Enter after you typed your user name and before it shows you the password prompt.
Now type the following commands: (assuming "user" is your old user name)
sudo adduser user2
and follow the instructions on-screen. If you're not on a US keyboard, don't use any "special" characters like £ à ŷ ü nor any numbers unless they're from your keypad.
Now type the following commands:
sudo adduser user2 adm
sudo adduser user2 cdrom
sudo adduser user2 sudo
sudo adduser user2 dip
sudo adduser user2 plugdev
sudo adduser user2 lpadmin
sudo adduser user2 sambashare
(If any of the above gives an error like group not found, don't worry: I'm trying to be thorough)
Now, log out of the guest session and log in as "user2" and come back here to this site and "accept" the answer by clicking on the little grey check-mark below the "0" to the left of this answer, thereby accepting the answer as valid and the next person asking the same kind of question will be able to use it as well.
Done? OK?
Now,
- open the file manager
- browse to the
/home/userdirectory
copy (not move!) all the files from Downloads to/home/user2/Downloads- check you did a good job.
- Now delete
/home/user/Downloads
- Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
Done!
answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
FabbyFabby
26.8k1360161
Warning: Take your time reading this first sentence:
Before typing the following keystroke, remember that Ctrl+Alt+F7 is your friend. This is the keystroke to type to get back to where you are right now. (probably your guest session) OK? Remember? Sure?
OK! Now press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to TTY1, which is a full screen terminal (and only a terminal: no mouse, no dash, no nothing). Try to log in there.
It does show your user name when you type it after the login: prompt, but does not show anything when you type your password! Oh, and you have to type Enter after you typed your user name and before it shows you the password prompt.
Now type the following commands: (assuming "user" is your old user name)
sudo adduser user2
and follow the instructions on-screen. If you're not on a US keyboard, don't use any "special" characters like £ à ŷ ü nor any numbers unless they're from your keypad.
Now type the following commands:
sudo adduser user2 adm
sudo adduser user2 cdrom
sudo adduser user2 sudo
sudo adduser user2 dip
sudo adduser user2 plugdev
sudo adduser user2 lpadmin
sudo adduser user2 sambashare
(If any of the above gives an error like group not found, don't worry: I'm trying to be thorough)
Now, log out of the guest session and log in as "user2" and come back here to this site and "accept" the answer by clicking on the little grey check-mark below the "0" to the left of this answer, thereby accepting the answer as valid and the next person asking the same kind of question will be able to use it as well.
Done? OK?
Now,
- open the file manager
- browse to the
/home/userdirectory
copy (not move!) all the files from Downloads to/home/user2/Downloads- check you did a good job.
- Now delete
/home/user/Downloads
- Go back to step 3 and repeat for Documents, Videos, ...
Done!
answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
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answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
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answered Jan 14 '15 at 15:36
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