After resetting password, Ubuntu 17.10 stuck in login loop
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After 5 months of not using my Ubuntu 17.10 (which I have dualbooted with Windows 10), I tried logging in today only to realize I had forgotten my password. After successfully resetting my password, I found that whenever I attempted to login, I would instantly be redirected to the login menu.
A bit of research seemed to suggest that the error might have to do with a certain Xauthority file, as claimed here:
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
However, the answers provided in the above thread are pretty old and I have read elsewhere that the Xauthority file no longer exists in more recent versions of ubuntu (checking the $XAUTHORITY environment variable confirmed this to be the case on my machine: I can't find an Xauthority or ICEauthority file anywhere).
In the 5 months that I didn't use my ubuntu, I installed a couple new nvidea drivers for my GeForce GTX 850M. I have read that installing new drivers was also a common cause of login loops. So I tried using PPA to install different driver (specifically version 367, an outdated but at least reliably compatible choice according to the above thread) in the hopes that it might fix things after a reboot, but still no dice.
If anyone could propose any alternatives to the seemingly obsolete Xauthority fix, I'd be grateful.
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After 5 months of not using my Ubuntu 17.10 (which I have dualbooted with Windows 10), I tried logging in today only to realize I had forgotten my password. After successfully resetting my password, I found that whenever I attempted to login, I would instantly be redirected to the login menu.
A bit of research seemed to suggest that the error might have to do with a certain Xauthority file, as claimed here:
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
However, the answers provided in the above thread are pretty old and I have read elsewhere that the Xauthority file no longer exists in more recent versions of ubuntu (checking the $XAUTHORITY environment variable confirmed this to be the case on my machine: I can't find an Xauthority or ICEauthority file anywhere).
In the 5 months that I didn't use my ubuntu, I installed a couple new nvidea drivers for my GeForce GTX 850M. I have read that installing new drivers was also a common cause of login loops. So I tried using PPA to install different driver (specifically version 367, an outdated but at least reliably compatible choice according to the above thread) in the hopes that it might fix things after a reboot, but still no dice.
If anyone could propose any alternatives to the seemingly obsolete Xauthority fix, I'd be grateful.
17.10
asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
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can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36
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After 5 months of not using my Ubuntu 17.10 (which I have dualbooted with Windows 10), I tried logging in today only to realize I had forgotten my password. After successfully resetting my password, I found that whenever I attempted to login, I would instantly be redirected to the login menu.
A bit of research seemed to suggest that the error might have to do with a certain Xauthority file, as claimed here:
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
However, the answers provided in the above thread are pretty old and I have read elsewhere that the Xauthority file no longer exists in more recent versions of ubuntu (checking the $XAUTHORITY environment variable confirmed this to be the case on my machine: I can't find an Xauthority or ICEauthority file anywhere).
In the 5 months that I didn't use my ubuntu, I installed a couple new nvidea drivers for my GeForce GTX 850M. I have read that installing new drivers was also a common cause of login loops. So I tried using PPA to install different driver (specifically version 367, an outdated but at least reliably compatible choice according to the above thread) in the hopes that it might fix things after a reboot, but still no dice.
If anyone could propose any alternatives to the seemingly obsolete Xauthority fix, I'd be grateful.
17.10
asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
1
After 5 months of not using my Ubuntu 17.10 (which I have dualbooted with Windows 10), I tried logging in today only to realize I had forgotten my password. After successfully resetting my password, I found that whenever I attempted to login, I would instantly be redirected to the login menu.
A bit of research seemed to suggest that the error might have to do with a certain Xauthority file, as claimed here:
Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
However, the answers provided in the above thread are pretty old and I have read elsewhere that the Xauthority file no longer exists in more recent versions of ubuntu (checking the $XAUTHORITY environment variable confirmed this to be the case on my machine: I can't find an Xauthority or ICEauthority file anywhere).
In the 5 months that I didn't use my ubuntu, I installed a couple new nvidea drivers for my GeForce GTX 850M. I have read that installing new drivers was also a common cause of login loops. So I tried using PPA to install different driver (specifically version 367, an outdated but at least reliably compatible choice according to the above thread) in the hopes that it might fix things after a reboot, but still no dice.
If anyone could propose any alternatives to the seemingly obsolete Xauthority fix, I'd be grateful.
17.10
asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
1
asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
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asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
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asked May 27 at 0:38
Jack
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can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36
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can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36
can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36
can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36
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can you log in from a different session... eg... ctrl+alt+f2 when you get to the login screen... once you have logged in there, run all updates and see what happens... if that doesn't work follow this guide to set your driver back to noveou and see what happens help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
– Joshua Besneatte
May 27 at 1:36