Ubuntu

no login dialog after restart

Asked by zeruke

after i restarted ubuntu 10.04 everything boots up ok then come to just a background and no login dialog iv searched all over and find some things sorta like it but still no description like mine....i am able to get into the terminal with ctrl+alt+F2 but cant figure things out to fix the no login dialog

SYSTEM INFORMATION
Running Ubuntu Linux, the Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) release.
GNOME: 2.30.0 (Ubuntu 2010-03-31)
Kernel version: 2.6.32-22-generic (#36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010)
GCC: 4.4.3 (i486-linux-gnu)
Xorg: unknown (23 April 2010 05:11:50PM)
Hostname: zi-laptop
Uptime: 0 days 1 h 5 min

CPU INFORMATION
AuthenticAMD, AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-55
Number of CPUs: 2
CPU clock currently at 800.000 MHz with 256 KB cache
Numbering: family(15) model(104) stepping(1)
Bogomips: 1600.28
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow extd_apicid pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy 3dnowprefetch

MEMORY INFORMATION
Total memory: 3024 MB
Total swap: 3151 MB

STORAGE INFORMATION
SCSI device - scsi0
Vendor: HL-DT-ST
Model: DVDRAM GSA-T20L
SCSI device - scsi2
Vendor: ATA
Model: ST980310AS

HARDWARE INFORMATION
MOTHERBOARD
Host bridge
Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
PCI bridge(s)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Bridge (rev a2) (prog-if 01)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
USB controller(s)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 10)
nVidia Corporation MCP67 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 20)
ISA bridge
nVidia Corporation MCP67 ISA Bridge (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf
IDE interface
nVidia Corporation MCP67 AHCI Controller (rev a2) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf

GRAPHIC CARD
VGA controller
nVidia Corporation C67 [GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M] (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf

SOUND CARD
Multimedia controller
nVidia Corporation MCP67 High Definition Audio (rev a1)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf

NETWORK
Network controller
Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1374
Ethernet controller
nVidia Corporation MCP67 Ethernet (rev a2)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 30cf

NVIDIA GRAPHIC CARD INFORMATION
Model name: GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M
Card Type: PCI
Video RAM: 512 MB
GPU Frequency: 425 MHz
Driver version: NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module 195.36.15 Thu Mar 11 21:41:46 PST 2010

also the disc to install ubuntu wont install 64bit when it should and when using it i have to use tab to get to use "try ubuntu" and then have to change resolution for me to actually install

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#1

i have use the sudo stop gdm and then startx like some people say to do and it gives off with it being unavailable no protocol and errno 11

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#2

after some work i got into the .xsession-errors which had

/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup...
Setting IM through im-switch for locale=en_US.
Start IM through /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL linked to /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default.
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yTVgU0
GNOME_KEYRING_PID=4075
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yTVgU0
GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-yTVgU0
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-yTVgU0/ssh

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4096): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:4096): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
** (nm-applet:4092): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0
** (nm-applet:4092): DEBUG: old state indicates that this was not a disconnect 0

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.24.0/gobject/gsignal.c:2273: signal `proxy-status' is invalid for instance `0x898c270'

** (gnome-power-manager:4106): WARNING **: Either HAL or DBUS are not working!

** (gnome-power-manager:4106): WARNING **: proxy failed

** (gnome-power-manager:4106): WARNING **: failed to get Computer root object

** (gnome-power-manager:4106): WARNING **: proxy NULL!!
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Fatal: Software rendering detected.
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0
/usr/bin/compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "-nan" of type `gdouble' is invalid or out of range for property `percentage' of type `gdouble'

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "-nan" of type `gdouble' is invalid or out of range for property `percentage' of type `gdouble'

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "-nan" of type `gdouble' is invalid or out of range for property `percentage' of type `gdouble'

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "-nan" of type `gdouble' is invalid or out of range for property `percentage' of type `gdouble'

(gnome-power-manager:4106): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: value "-nan" of type `gdouble' is invalid or out of range for property `percentage' of type `gdouble'
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Setting timeout for 80845 1276473600 1276392755
evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Mon Jun 14 00:00:00 2010

evolution-alarm-notify-Message: Sun Jun 13 01:32:35 2010

(gnome-display-properties:4299): Gtk-WARNING **: Ignoring the separator setting

(gnome-display-properties:4299): Gtk-WARNING **: No object called:
** (update-notifier:4300): DEBUG: Skipping reboot required
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory
Please ask your system administrator to enable user sharing.

(gnome-terminal:4448): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_accel_map_unlock_path: assertion `entry != NULL && entry->lock_count > 0' failed

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Boot to root recovery console and run:

dpkg-reconfigure gdm

Should be ok

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#4

i did that and it acted like it worked as in no error code and such so i had it restart and still just came to a background with no login dialog

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#5

im not sure if this should be included but i did install kubuntu on the same computer which started with the kernel 2.6.32-21 generic which worked aside from the graphic glich that could only fix by lowering the resolution but after i upgraded the kernel to 2.6.32-22 it was doing the same thing as ubuntu only showing the background with no login dialog so im guessing that something went wrong with the kernel

of course whats lucky is that kubuntu kept the old kernal for gnome to boot up so im going to see about getting 2.6.32-21 reinstalled for ubuntu itself to see if that fixes things

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#6

useing the downgraded kernel did not fix the problem there is still no login dialog

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#7

i went a head and re installed after useing the live disc to get things onto a usb drive because i was needing to use things without useing an old and slow computer....

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zeruke (oninekoze) said : 		#8

i went a head and re installed after useing the live disc to get things onto a usb drive because i was needing to use things without useing an old and slow computer....