How to troubleshoot login failure in GNOME 50

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 17:59, Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Is it possible for you to CTRL+F2, and login through a terminal?
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> Yep -- that's how I created a new local account to log into.
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> «
> so I flipped to a virtual console, created user accounts with the
> names of the main and fallback accounts for 22.04, and tried again.
> »

I don't understand.  You are having trouble with a Ubuntu 25.10 or
26.04 machine.  What does logging into a Ubuntu 22.04 machine have to
do with the problem?

But in any case, if you can login to the problem machine (Ubuntu 25.10
or 26.04?) using a virtual terminal, then you should be able to view
the logs for the login manager or the desktop manager.

Jeff