How do I solve this login loop? Every time I have given the correct password, but my account is not opening. Every time it comes back to my login prompt. Crashes back to the login screen.
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Crash back to login screen – Subir Makur Dec 14 '19 at 18:41
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status please... – heynnema Dec 16 '19 at 00:29
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If you've been starting graphic applications from the terminal using sudo, that's what probably caused your problem. Always use sudo -H.
- boot to the GRUB menu
- choose Advanced Options
- choose Recovery mode
- choose Root access
at the # prompt, type:
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sudo mount -o remount,rw /# remount the disk as rw-
cd /home/your_username# change directory-
ls -al .*thority*# list some files
You should see something like this...
-rw------- 1 your_username your_username 407910 Nov 2 08:56 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 your_username your_username 58 Jun 23 2017 .Xauthority
If it DOES NOT show -rw------- then...
sudo chmod 600 .*thority*# change file protection
If it DOES SHOW root root then...
sudo chown your_username:your_username .*thority*# change file ownershipreboot# reboot the computer
Reboot and see if you can log in.
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