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Having trouble with the Ubuntu GUI. I can log in just fine (see this)... everything looks normal there. But as soon as I put in my password, I get this. I tried a few different troubleshooting keyboard commands (ctrl+alt+t, crtl+alt+delete), and only the latter worked. I can interact with that window just fine, except I am unable to resize or move it.

The first time I logged in, I got a dialog box that said, "Ubuntu has experienced an internal error. Send error report?" Doesn't say anything now.

Yes I tried restarting it.

Thanks a bunch, Michael

EDIT: Trying to start a guest session leads to the same problem.

Dfrtbx
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You should go to the console with CTRL+ALT+F1 and try restarting the desktop manager.

Try:

sudo service lightdm

or

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Or try stopping them. Also look in log:

less /var/log/Xorg.*.log

In CentOS this can happen if you go very low on space or have some power management problems. Maybe it's the same with Ubuntu.

After running the restart thing you may return to the GUI with CTRL+ALT+F7.

Alexis Wilke
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