Ubuntu 14.04 LTS problems

Question

I have a login loop problem, I cannot install any packages to fix anything, what can I do now? I can't load a live disk to reboot or reinstall the OS. Any help would be great.

Can you elaborate on "login loop", do you mean you can't log in and just get kicked to the log in screen after entering your password, no desktop access ? — Mark Kirby, Jul 18 '15 at 07:33
i would enter my password and i would get kicked back to the login page again — KaiiGuy, Jul 18 '15 at 19:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 18 '15 at 07:30

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This seems to be an error for many on the forum, give this a try:

press ctrl+alt+f2 at login login to the console

now try to run the update:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Please once complete

sudo reboot

edited Jul 18 '15 at 07:30

Mark Kirby

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Can you provide the source for this ? You say "This seems to be an error for many on the forum" but provide no sources for context on WHY this will work, if you add your source, and it checks out, then +1 – Mark Kirby Jul 18 '15 at 07:36
http://askubuntu.com/questions/223501/ubuntu-gets-stuck-in-a-login-loop – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 07:39
I don't see updating apt as a solution anywhere on that page, how would updating apt fix a session manager issue ? – Mark Kirby Jul 18 '15 at 07:46
This is simply an initial suggestion before recommending to reinstall lightdm. the intention is to attempt to update anything that might be broken first – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 07:49
That is a good practice ,yes, fair enough. – Mark Kirby Jul 18 '15 at 07:59
If lightdm repair doesn't work we can always go for removal of lightdm and go for gdm as the other link describes and worked for me on my old Dell E6410 with nvs3100. – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 08:02
I keep getting "Err" messages and it fails to fetch anything for the update or upgrade – KaiiGuy Jul 18 '15 at 19:22
can you post 'nano /etc/apt/sources.list' and are you connected to the internet? – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 19:29
how do i post that – KaiiGuy Jul 18 '15 at 19:29
such as if you type 'ifconfig' what is the output? – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 19:34
where do i type it? im using two separate computers rn. – KaiiGuy Jul 18 '15 at 19:47
The computer that is in a console, type ifconfig or try typing: ping google.com – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 20:25
its okay i reinstalled it by booting it through my BIOS – KaiiGuy Jul 18 '15 at 20:39
Is everything working now? – A1 Computers Jul 18 '15 at 20:40

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS problems

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