Login screen does not continue

Question

I updated from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04. Now it does not leave the login screen.
When I type my password "correct" it reboots and returns to the same login screen.
What can do I do?

Answer 1

Press Alt + F1 to get into a console screen login there. Then use sudo chown and sudo chmod on your home directory to regain access. Remember to use -R (so that all subfolders are set too).

Sample:

sudo chown -R myName:myName /home/myName/
sudo chmod -R 700 /home/myName/