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log in problem after upgrading to 7.10 ver

Asked by bentot

hi! i'm new to linux. just started using it last august i think. all things were going well until today when i
upgraded my 7.04 version to 7.10. i remembered during the set up that i was prompt if i would allow a change in my log in
configuration to which i replied yes.
after the upgrade installation was complete, i was prompted again to restart my computer. but when i tried to enter my username and password, it seems they're not recognized anymore by the system and i was not able to complete my
log in ever since. can anyone help me with this please.

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please try to log in from a virtual terminal press CTRL+ALT+F2 and try to login with your user and password.
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bentot (madalimot) said : 		#2

thanks elart.it for the response. just read your message this morning. i tried it during a window where a small circle at the center appears just before the windows with the prompt to enter my username.what comes next was a black screen just like the dos prompt with my computer name+login ( ex. rudyglen login: ).i typed my username then after that i was prompt to enter my password. but no matter how i tried to input my password, no entries were reflected, just the steady cursor. nothing. so i tried to restart, pressed the reset button, then just after the ubuntu logo appeared and started to show the scroll bar like thing indicating that it is loading, i tried again the CLRL+ALT+F2. what comes next were several meassages like ......
loading drivers ....................ok
loading so and ...................ok
and so on.
after that the rudyglen log in prompt appeared again but this time i was no longer prompt to enter username but the system continue the log in process. now i'm in but i suspect this is my old version that is running. i still have to check.

thank in advance for any comments on this. more power to ubuntu community.

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bentot (madalimot) said : 		#3

how would i know that i am now running on the new version

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#4

To see if your system is upgraded to 7.10 type
cat /etc/issue

To be sure that some of your packages relate to your X server (graphic server) are in good state please login from a "regular" terminal or press CTRL+ALT+F2 and try to login with your user and password.

Then type this command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get --reinstall install xserver-xorg gdm ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove

Hope This Help