urgent+ubuntu 8.04 desktop+post installation trouble

[CJ Kelley]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Donny George <donny008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hello
>
> i have just finished installing the ubuntu 8.04 desktop and all the
> installation steps went perfectly fine. but now once i restart and try to
> log in with the user id and password the screen kind of blinks for a while
> and returns back to the log in screen again. and it happens the same way
> even after repeated attempts. could some one kindly guide and help me with
> this so that i can get into the desktop please.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> donny
>
> one quick question...can you log into a terminal session?

If you cant, you may have to reboot into the root console and use passwd
[username]

--cj

>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/attachments/20080611/be944037/attachment.html>