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[Mario Limonciello <superm1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

After a failure, can you grab ~/.xsession-errors from a console login to
attach to this bug?

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 07:58, Aaron Whitehouse <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> On Lucid Final, fully updated, I cannot login to mythbuntu desktop or
> XFCE. When I type in my login credentials, it blanks the screen as if it
> is going into the desktop and then reloads the login screen. I can login
> using the same username/password in a terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1). I chose to
> autologin, so this should not be requesting a login at all.
> /etc/gdm/custom.conf is set to autologin.
>
> The system is an AMD 780G with a PCI-E 8600GT using nvidia-current
> drivers.
>
> I have a different hard drive that has Mythbuntu Lucid Beta 2 installed
> on it and this is running perfectly (thankfully I have had enough issues
> in the past to keep this one ready to swap back in!)
>
> I tried reinstalling Lucid on the new drive and this does the same thing
> (the only difference is that the login screen no longer lists
> "Mythbuntu" as a user, so I have to type it instead of selecting it --
> it still reloads the screen each time I try to login.
>
> I can login to "x-term" if I choose it in the dropdown box in the bottom
> right, but neither "Mythbuntu" nor "XFCE" let me login.
>
> I took a video of this to upload, but importing it into my laptop (also
> running Lucid) crashed the system and lost my first attempt at a bug
> report (it has an Intel 855GM so has all sorts of graphics issues that
> weren't in previous releases). This isn't relevant, but hopefully
> explains any brevity.
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1320954&page=3 and some of the
> comments in Bug #463314 sound vaguely similar, but not really on point.
> All the other bugs that I can find are about nvidia-legacy, rather than
> nvidia-current.
>
> Please let me know if there is anything else that I can send you to
> help.
>
> ** Affects: mythbuntu
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
> --
> [Lucid] Can't login, entering username/password blanks and refreshes screen
> asking for username/password
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/579769
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> Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New
>
> Bug description:
> On Lucid Final, fully updated, I cannot login to mythbuntu desktop or XFCE.
> When I type in my login credentials, it blanks the screen as if it is going
> into the desktop and then reloads the login screen. I can login using the
> same username/password in a terminal (Alt+Ctrl+F1). I chose to autologin, so
> this should not be requesting a login at all. /etc/gdm/custom.conf is set to
> autologin.
>
> The system is an AMD 780G with a PCI-E 8600GT using nvidia-current drivers.
>
> I have a different hard drive that has Mythbuntu Lucid Beta 2 installed on
> it and this is running perfectly (thankfully I have had enough issues in the
> past to keep this one ready to swap back in!)
>
> I tried reinstalling Lucid on the new drive and this does the same thing
> (the only difference is that the login screen no longer lists "Mythbuntu" as
> a user, so I have to type it instead of selecting it -- it still reloads the
> screen each time I try to login.
>
> I can login to "x-term" if I choose it in the dropdown box in the bottom
> right, but neither "Mythbuntu" nor "XFCE" let me login.
>
> I took a video of this to upload, but importing it into my laptop (also
> running Lucid) crashed the system and lost my first attempt at a bug report
> (it has an Intel 855GM so has all sorts of graphics issues that weren't in
> previous releases). This isn't relevant, but hopefully explains any brevity.
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1320954&page=3 and some of the
> comments in Bug #463314 sound vaguely similar, but not really on point.  All
> the other bugs that I can find are about nvidia-legacy, rather than
> nvidia-current.
>
> Please let me know if there is anything else that I can send you to help.
>
>
>
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Mario Limonciello
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