<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">NMGLugers, Well I am listening. And did find a few tips on using 'dpkg --re-configure ldm' for instance. BUT as a still Ubuntu-coaching, but writing from a Debian Stretch install, by the way, I was afraid of getting into a mess over this. My current guess is that the original ___dm, maybe kdm, has been put out of order with some desktop switching and updating and such. If not caught right away it is difficult to un-do all the settings that have been "re-set to see if that would help" ... At a point when it gets beyond me I use a live disk/usb to access and copy my files and prepare for a fresh install. You certainly can find your files via a terminal, but a live os makes it easier to sort and copy for us "Buntus." Having a time and health constraint make the decision-making difficult. I really am a hobbyist and cannot do professional IT consults. I do prefer face to face talks and a look at what I am up against. Alas I have the flu and am not in a position to add much more at this time, especially with a time constraint. Thank you, Ted P., Ubuntoid but by the seat of my pants.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 4:09 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net" target="_blank">s@mnoble.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 02:39:50PM -0600, <a href="mailto:okeefe@cybermesa.com">okeefe@cybermesa.com</a> wrote:<br>
> Thanks Sam. I'm increasingly flumoxed. Are you available for paid work?<br>
> Seriously because....<br>
</span>Let's not cross that bridge yet, I think you may be pretty close.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> The Ubuntoids have not responded at all.<br>
</span>Boo hiss.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> > I guess we skipped the part where you tell us if your using startx<br>
> > intentially, or if it's something you started doing becouse your DM is<br>
> > broken?<br>
> Broken DM<br>
</span>OK cool so let's pick a DM and get it working. We can ignore the video<br>
group permissions etc. Sounds like lightdm is currently installed and<br>
'working' we'll just poke at it's settings.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> So I just installed xubuntu-desktop and here're the results.......<br>
> Kubuntu throbbing on black screen. It disappears then.....nothing. Go<br>
> to tty1 and have login prompt. Login as ubuntu (me) then $lightdm.<br>
> XFCE desktop appears with ubuntuguest as user.<br>
</span>Apparently lightdm defaults this way. See links below.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> I've googled this until I'm blue in the face.<br>
</span>Here's some relevant stuff you may have bumped into:<br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/62564/how-do-i-disable-the-guest-session#62566" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://askubuntu.com/<wbr>questions/62564/how-do-i-<wbr>disable-the-guest-session#<wbr>62566</a><br>
Which lead me here:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/<wbr>LightDM</a><br>
<br>
I think we should try this one:<br>
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LightDM#Allow_Manual_Login" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/<wbr>LightDM#Allow_Manual_Login</a><br>
Edit the lightdm config file probably /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf but if<br>
that's not seeming to take effect note the list of cascading conf files<br>
from the top of that page.<br>
To include:<br>
[SeatDefaults]<br>
greeter-show-manual-login=true<br>
<br>
also note the info at the top of that page about later versions of<br>
lightdm changing the syntax from SeatDefaults to Seat:*<br>
<br>
After each change you try do:<br>
$sudo /etc/init.d/lightdm restart<br>
<br>
If I'm guessing right. That should get you a lightdm login page. And<br>
hopefully actually logging in will work from there. If not we're<br>
probably back to Ted's idea that there's some setting in your user<br>
account. We can probably traack it down with logs or something. Maybe<br>
/var/log/lightdm<br>
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--<br>
sam<br>
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