18.04 login to Lightdm

Sun Nov 1 16:38:36 UTC 2020

On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 16:15, Jack McGee <jack at greendesk.net> wrote:
>
> Not sure what happened here.  I get login loop on desktop login. fills
> in default username, but after entering password, screen goes black
> briefly then goes back to login prompt.
>
> I can login via SSH using same username/password combination.

Have a look at Gregory Gamble's recent thread.

This is not a login failure. You are logging in successfully, but then
your desktop session is crashing, which returns you to the login
screen.

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