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I recently upgraded my computer to Ubuntu 12.04 from 10.04 and it started messing up, as in, freezing up on certain programs and then randomly logging out and going to the log-in screen. I've done all of the upgrades and it still wasn't working properly.

Now when I turn the computer on, instead of booting to the GUI Interface, it boots straight to the terminal. Is there any command I can type to boot it properly? And if so, what do I do to keep it booting properly?

I did some research and found that some people used the "startx" command, but it didn't work for me. This is what it said:

"X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
X10: fatal 10 error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining."

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  • What does sudo startx give you? – Melon Dec 22 '12 at 20:20
  • @Melon

    sudo startx gives me:

    "Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.

    Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.

    ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log "X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting. XIO: fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server ":0" after 7 requests (7 known processed) with 0 events remaining."

     – Aubrey Dec 22 '12 at 22:17
  • Can you show us the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log – Melon Dec 23 '12 at 07:43
  • @Melon I tried, but it says "bash: /var/log/Xorg.0.log: permission denied"

    I was finally able to log in to the GUI Interface. I'm not exactly sure how I did it, I just fiddled around. One thing is weird, though. I'm only able to log in as guest, not as my actual name. I do have a password, but it keeps saying that it's incorrect. So, now I'm logged in as a guest and I am able to use the terminal. I just don't know where to go from here...

     – Aubrey Dec 24 '12 at 03:45
  • Well, you can show the contents of the file with sudo. Also, can you switch to root with sudo su ? – Melon Dec 24 '12 at 08:58
  • @Melon I probably sound really dumb asking this, but how do I do that? I'm probably just not understanding the question. EDIT: I'm responding to you on a separate computer than the one that has the actual problem, in case I'm suppose to attach something from the defective computer. – Aubrey Dec 24 '12 at 15:56
  • If you type sudo su you will be asked for root password. You mentioned earlier, that you can type commands (as a guest). So try that and we can think of something from there – Melon Dec 24 '12 at 18:46
  • @Melon I typed it and this is what I got: "sudo: unable to change to sudoers gid: Operation not permitted, sudo: setresuid() [0, 0, 0] -> [121, -1, -1]: Operation not permitted"

    EDIT: I also followed these directions to try and change the password to see if I could log in my regular account, but I still wasn't able to log in. http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password

     – Aubrey Dec 24 '12 at 21:13
  • Hm. Do you have an external IP and an easy password? – Melon Dec 25 '12 at 07:44
  • Well, the only thing that I could imagine right now is that someone hacked your computer. If your password is easy to crack and have an external IP this could be done really fast. My friend once set up an external IP and while browsing through the logs, he saw that many times somebody tried to login as root. Another option is that you installed some malware. I cannot find any other reason why you suddenly cannot login as a normal user. Maybe some experienced users would help here?

    Aubrey: Please edit out you IP just in case. I don't want to know your IP, only if it is external.

     – Melon Dec 26 '12 at 01:20
  • @Melon Oh dear. Well, thank you for helping me. Do you know who I can contact about it? And do you know of any way of how to decipher if it's a malware problem or a security problem? – Aubrey Dec 26 '12 at 02:36
  • @Melon, Also, I wasn't able to edit out my IP so I just deleted the comment. – Aubrey Dec 26 '12 at 03:42
  • @Melon I found a fix! http://askubuntu.com/a/67723 Thanks for all your help. – Aubrey Jan 01 '13 at 18:26
  • Hehe, don't know how I could have helped, but glad you found the answer. – Melon Jan 02 '13 at 20:13

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Once you are connected, write sudo init 5 in the terminal prompt.

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  • I tried the "sudo init 5" in the terminal prompt, but because I'm only able to log in as guest, I'm denied permission to use any sudo commands. This is what it said when I entered it: "sudo: unable to change to sudoers gid: Operation not permitted sudo: setresuid() [0, 0, 0] -> [125, -1, -1]: Operation not permitted" – Aubrey Dec 26 '12 at 17:05
  • I really need to figure out a way to log back in to my regular account. It tells me my password is incorrect, but I know it's not. I even changed it through the root menu, but it still didn't work. Once I can figure out how to log into my regular account, then I should be able to use the sudo command. The problem is figuring out how to get in... – Aubrey Dec 26 '12 at 17:08
  • I found a fix! http://askubuntu.com/a/67723 Thanks for trying to help me. – Aubrey Jan 01 '13 at 18:27
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Okay everybody, it's fixed! Here's what fixed it: https://askubuntu.com/a/67723

Thanks to everyone who helped!

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