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Ubuntu – Can’t login to Ubuntu 16.04 after upgrade

16.04login

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 (dual boot with Win 10) and it doesn't login after.
I upgraded from Ubuntu 15.10 via update-manager

https://youtu.be/MrgPYvoVJfA

I have tried old workarounds for previous versions, like:

  • dpkg-reconfigure lightDM
  • chown user:user .Xauthority
  • chmod 666 .Xauthority
  • chmod a+wt /temp
  • mv .Xauthority smth
  • apt-get install ubuntu-session
  • Reinstalling Nvidia Drivers

Any suggestions appre

Best Answer

I was in the same situation as you.

I did not reinstall nvidia drivers but remove it.

sudo apt-get purge nvidia*

And it worked.

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Though you have given answer in your question, writing this for the record. Type ctrl + alt + F1 and login with your username at command prompt.

user@dell$ ls -l ~/.ICEauthority
-rw------- root root 3668 May 28 09:28 /home/user/.ICEauthority
user@dell$ sudo chmod 777 ~/.ICEauthority
password:
user@dell$ ls -l ~/.ICEauthority
-rwxrwxrwx root root 3668 May 28 09:28 /home/user/.ICEauthority

ctrl + alt + F7 and login worked.

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