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Installed Ubuntu using WUBI, when I reboot, I'm able to login as "Failsafe GNOME" and xterm, but NOT as just GNOME. What is the likely source of the issue? Hardware, bad install, etc.?

  • Version: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
  • WUBI (on Windows XP Pro SP3, basically all updates)
  • HARDWARE: PowerSpec 6245, Processor: AMD Athlon™ XP processor 2800+

When I login as GNOME, it takes the username/password, then screen goes black for 1-second, then flashes back to the login. At first I thought I forgot the admin password, but figured out I was able to login as xterm, then as Failsafe GNOME.

Any suggests? Thanks!

UPDATE (1):

From Failsafe, I'm able to change the default screen size/Hz (which is correct for the monitor) to 800x600, and then login as GNOME. If I change it back to the default via GNOME, I'm not able to login.

UPDATE (2):

Posted a follow up question focus on possible WUBI resource conflicts here. And info on a strange issue related to how changing the screen background results in the same pattern of the login failing.

UPDATE (3):

Given up on Ubuntu, don't have time for this, would delete the question, but there's too many answers. So, I'll just leave it unanswered.

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blunders
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Try renaming ~/.gnome2/session to something else

wajiw
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Maybe Your Vga Card Isnot installed.. in the Gnome Panel Click System > Administration > Additional Software, it'll be loading for a few seconds then if u find any drivers in the window install them then restart your ubuntu.

eslambasha
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This behavior sounds like your user's GNOME profile is messed up. Have you been able to log in even once? In other words, was it working and stopped working or has it never worked?

Jorge Castro
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I encountered a similar issue, after having removed my desktop background image and chose to only use a solid color background. Then, when I tried to log in, after typing the password, I could see the desktop for about 1 second and then it went back to the login screen. I could log in as other users (who had set desktop background images). I could see some error messages from compiz (though I have never enabled any effects) in .xsession-errors.old and .xsession-errors. So what I did was to log in using fail safe Gnome, then choose a desktop background and everything was back to normal. I hope this helps; it's a quick thing to do anyway.

Regards, Mihai

MihaiH
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Effort to answer this was abandoned, thus there is no correct answer.

blunders
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