guest session ok. usual dash screen after password login never loads

Asked by robert Newton

alt-cntrl 1 text login ok.
sudo pkill Xorg #just repeats initial login screen problem.
login photo stays put with no dash icons on left side.
cntrl shift t never yields a terminal screen.

next I'll try export DISPLAY=':0.0';gnome-terminal from /dev/tty1 alt-cntrl-1 text screen

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robert Newton (newtonsys-o) said :
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i just apt update; apt upgrade an hour ago. software-updater(circle A w green backgrnd) this evening

export DISPLAY=':0.0';gnome-terminal fails. user 1000 cant xterm into user 999's Xorg session
invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyUnable to init server. could not connect. connection refused.
failed to parse arguments: cannot open display.

gnome-terminal $ lsb_release -a
displays zesty. and 17.10

usr999@127. $telnet me@here hangs. cntrl c gets usr 999's $
ssh me@here also hangs. " " " "

usr1000@127. $telnet guest-gx06k also hangs. cntrl c gets usr1000's $

/etc/passwd has me:1000:1000
and blah-guest:999:999

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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I suggest you report a bug. Zesty is not ready and not stable

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