Just upgraded to 10.04. Can't log in. Home page starts than dies. Then back to sign in.

[Nils Kassube]

John Fleischman wrote:
> I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04. When I restarted my computer, it
> took me to the sign-in screen where I signed in. My home screen
> opened for a second. Then the screen went black. When it came back I
> was back at the sign-in. I signed in again. My home screen opened and
> then the same thing happened. I can't get to any terminal or command
> lines. I can't get past the sign-in.

Two suggestions:

1. Please check if your / partition is (nearly) full - you couldn't 
login if there is no space left. You could start in recovery mode and 
IIRC there is an option to make some space. If it isn't, use the root 
shell option and type the command

apt-get clean

which should delete all the package files which may still be left over 
from the upgrade.

2. If 1. didn't help, let us know what graphics hardware you have. Maybe 
it is something like an issue with desktop effects which may be enabled 
although your system doesn't (yet) support it.


Nils