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I just fixed another bug on my computer and now I don't know what's happening I can't log into my account the password Is correct and I changed it to be sure but when I try to log in a bunch of words pop up for a split second then disappear I haven't been able to read it all but it does say warning. Help me please! My computers bug was that I had stopped in the middle of an update and I would get a message saying that I had a file system error and a maintenance shell would be started so I fixed it by

mount -o remount,rw /
dpkg --configure -a
mount -o remount,ro /
sync
reboot
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Here's couple of suggestions you could try through either command line or grub -> Advanced Options for Ubuntu -> recovery shell (just remember to remount your system with sudo mount -o rw,remount / once you get there):

  • Change permissions and ownership on .Xauthority file in your home folder. Refer to this for more info. In fact, check permissions on all the files and your home folder itself

  • Reconfigure your keyboard layout . Remember how you executed dpkg --configure -a ? perhaps you affected something that has to do with the keyboard layout and even though you type correct password, you may be typing it on wrong layout

  • Make new user with adduser newusername, set password for it with passwd newusername, and see if it lets that user log in. If it does, it's most likely something related to your account. You could chown your old home folder and files to recover them and eventually abandon your old account.

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