[xubuntu-users] need help for logging into xubuntu 13.10

[Bruno Benitez]

Som. simply remove the .Xauthority file, you can also remove the
.ICEauthority file while you are at it. They will respawn and you will be
able to log in


2014-03-15 3:32 GMT-03:00 Benjamin Shadwick <benshadwick at gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:11 PM, som <drsoumalya-distro at yahoo.co.in>wrote:
>
>> i am having a little problem with my xubuntu 13.10. until 48 hours back,
>> it was working fine. i did not upgrade/update anything in between;
>> auto-update option is disabled. while using it yesterday, suddenly i felt a
>> sluggish behaviour. so i shut it down. the problem started since then. on
>> the next boot, i encountered a black screen rather than the window system.
>>
>> pressed ctrl+alt+F3 and was able to log in from that point onward; but no
>> desktop. tried chown username:username .Xauthority
>> after that i was able to see the log in screen. now the biggest problem.
>> when i am entering my username and password, it is refusing to acknowledge
>> it; just looping back to the same page again and again!
>>
> Are there any hints in the system logs in /var/log ?
>
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