Ubuntu Installation :: Can't Login After Removing Other User

Aug 15, 2011

Ubuntu 10.10

I was setting up a machine for a friend using my normal username. Once the install was finished I created a new account (Admin) for the friend, logged out, logged in as the friend and deleted my own account. On the next reboot I get a message about not being able to update .ICEauthority for my own account, which I thought was deleted. Then there are messages about the configuration server failing and that Nautilus can't find the home dir for my own account, then just the desktop background, no panel, no nothing, just hangs.

Obviously, in this case deleting the account didn't clean up everything. How can I get to the login prompt for the friend's account?

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At text console (alt+ctr+f2/f3) i enter my username and pass it give this for a sec and resets (clean) console
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password:
last used: [date]
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edited:
i have installed F13 on unused space, is there a way for me to access and fix it? or at least get some files from there?

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