ubuntu-16.04 window manage stopped working.

[Colin Law]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 12:32, Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:
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> Hmmm... Usually, I am somewhat reluctant to dist-upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade (which is (approx?) the same as apt full-upgrade)
does not upgrade you to the next ubuntu version, it just makes sure
everything is fully upgraded.

I suggest making a new user (which you can easily do via the command
line) and try logging into the UI using that user.  I also make a
'test' user when I install a system, it can be useful to determine
whether it is something about the user's profile that is the problem
or something more fundamental wrong with the system.
Having said that though I am not clear whether the problem you see is
before or after logging on. Have you got auto-logon enabled?

Colin

Colin