Ubuntu :: Wubi's - Crashes When Logon ?
Jan 29, 2010I installed Wubi sucessfully. Whenever I enter Ubuntu, it crashes whenever I run Firefox or connect to Ubuntu Software Center.
So I re-installed Ubuntu. Now it crashes when I logon to Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu :: Wubi Crashes Windows 7
Jan 31, 2011I am preparing to install Ubuntu server to run the server I am building. Both the server and Ubuntu are new to me. In preparation to this I installed Wubi on my Windows 7 laptop. It installed nicely and works smoothly. Unfortunately when I went back into W7 it has crashed 5 times in a row. Sometimes I got 5 minutes into the running of windows. The last time it crashed before I could even log in. I am unable to determine what is going on as i can't get around in my Windows for very long. Fortunately the Ubuntu side of my computer is still working well.
My W7 install is on a smaller partition (80GB). Would the Wubi installed on this same partition and maybe crowding the W7 install? Should I create another partition to install the Wubi onto or just install a Ubuntu on a separate partition? How should i go about troubleshooting this?
Security :: Display Of Number Of Failed Logon Attempt At Logon?
Jan 26, 2010Our system is based on RH4 and is using pam_tally and faillog to record failed attempts and to lock users out after 5 attempts. We have a requirement to provide a normal (non-root) user logging onto our system, with information regarding the number of failed logon attempts made on their account before the current successful logon (similar to the functionality provided by HP Protect Tools on Windows). My first idea was to add 'faillog -u $USER' to the bashrc, however by the time the bashrc is run - the user has been successfully authenticated and the faillog has been reset back to zero.
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Feb 15, 2011I have tried 2 fresh installs of Ubuntu 10.10 from Wubi. After the initial Windows install I reboot, select Ubuntu, get the countdown (at which point I have to hit ESC for options or it will just hang), then select the 'ACPI Workrounds' option. I get to the purple splash screen with preview slide show and Ubuntu begins finalizing the install. The progress bar goes all he way to the end, reading "recalculating splines", but then my system reboots.
When I chose Ubuntu again I have the standard option and the 'safe mode' option. Neither get me back to the purple splash screen, but instead just hang. Safe mode will begin to load, then hang on [ 1.771083] ata: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps...
I have tried to edit the Grub for both of these options. I tried adding (variously) 'nomodeset', 'noapic', 'nolapic' and have deleted 'quiet splash' [I don't recall every combination of commands I tried, so if there is a specific set please let me know]. No matter what I try here, as soon as I hit CTRL-X, it goes to a screen stating: "Booting command list". It just hangs on this screen and I can not type anything in. I am forced to pull the power cord to reboot.
I am running an older laptop: Toshiba Satellite A135; Intel Celleron Processor and 2 gigs of RAM, Windows Vista Home Basic pre-installed
PS: The only errors I could find in a Google search having to do with "splines" was in relation to Ooo.
Ubuntu :: GRUB Error 22 \ Install Via Wubi, But Had To Format Partitions (can't Do It On Wubi )?
Nov 27, 2010I wanted to install ubuntu via wubi, but i had to format my partitions (can't do it on wubi ) so i used a crappy program(i don't remember the name) to get rid of Backtrack4 , because i wanted windows kept for my mom.So, that was the sorry, i've ended up with a GRUB error 22, and a Backtrack4 CD stuck in my DVD-rom.So my question is: Can somewone tell me how to fix error 22? (i've seen some methods online, but i obviously can't put a Windows CD in my DVD rom because the Backtrack4 DVD is stuck in there.
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May 11, 2011This all started when I had no sound being detected by my laptop's mic. I also have an external USB sound card and it was not detecting mic sound either. I had previously done recording with Audacity (it could have been back in Ubuntu 8.04).
Now, I had a feeling that I was going to break something trying to get the mic to work. Sure enough, I'm at the point now where I cannot logon to the GUI (gdm).
I made a number of changes before my last reboot.
Here's a summary of what I think is the primary cuase (pulseaudio!):
At one point, I had lost sound altogether (I believe this was a result of having installed pulseaudio Volume control, which someone used to unlock and configure their mic).
So, things were starting to degrade. Being the persistant and stubborn one that I am, I decide to trudge on.
I had read enough suggestions (and desite enough "didn't fix" responses), I decided to try removing pulseuadio altogether. After rebooting, I was not able to log on.
Let me try to describe this logon situation as clearly as possible: When the laptop boots up, it shows the Ubuntu logo with the colored dots below moving from right to left (orange/white).
When I get to the user logon screen, it's not as fancy as it normally is. The logon window which allows me to select the user is a little more basic and the background is a simple black/purple color. The day and time is displayed on the task bar below as well as a power icon with options to suspend, restart and shut down.
This is how the logon screen used to look:[url]
I've been unable to find a screenshot of the current state and I don't think I'll be able to post one due to my technologically limited situation.
When I select my user and enter the password, The screen goes blank (or displays what appears to be the console for CTRL+ALT+F1) and then I'm back at the user selection as described above as if I hadn't even tried to log on.
At this point, I'm not positive which distro I'm using, nor which kernel, but survey says:
My laptop is a Pavilion zd8000.
lspci shows I have: VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inv M22 [Mobility Radeon X300]
I'm not sure if this is proper. When I run /etc/init.d/gdm stop, I get: Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service( utility, e.g. service gdm stop.
Probably not, because when I try sudo service gdm stop, it returns: stop: Unkown instance.
OK. Maybe it's OK, because running sudo service gdm start, I returned back to the logon screen. (But, I'll include this because it may indicate something, but I think it may be the way the "service" works now...)
(I do have networking enabled, so I can run apt-get and what not)
I find this interesting. I installed kdm. I started it after stopping gdm (through the service command as noted above). I was able to log on through kdm, but I'm not brought to a desktop, only a black background and a terminal window in the upper-left corner, without any window frames (I can't min/maximize/close). There doesn't appear any way to log out...
I'm not exactly sure where to go from here. I'm getting more interested in a backup/reinstall, but I may not have the ability to do that on hand, so I'd like to try to get things working. At the very least, I'd like to be able to log on and do work. Sound would be nice and a working mic would also be nice, but I can do without either of those two for now.
Most of the solutions I've been able to find in terms of not being able to log on has been a result of:
- Bad usernames/passwords
- Insufficient drive space to allow logon
While I haven't tried creating any new users and logging on with them, I'm confident it wouldn't do any good. df -a shows: /dev/sda1 Available = 6324296. Should be enough for basic operations.
My plan at this point is to start woking on the kdm angle. Since I am able to log on, but only to a terminal window, perhaps I can find some info on why that happens...
Ubuntu :: Display IP Before Logon
Mar 20, 2010I am running Ubuntu 9.10 server and I am trying to get the IP address of the machine to display at boot (before login) but so far no luck. Here is what I have tried: Created a script called displayip:
#!/bin/sh
ifconfig eth0 | grep "inet addr:" | awk -F'inet addr:' '{print $2}'
which is located in the /etc/init.d directory. changed the permissions to make it executable: chmod +x displayip then ran update-rc.d displayip defaults which ran successfully. Upon boot it doesn't show up with anything.
Ubuntu Installation :: Can't Logon Through GUI
Oct 26, 2010Hey currently running Lucid x64. After installing tex-common due to there being errors on all app installations (the apps all seemed to work fine though). I am unable to proceed past the GUI logon, the screen just goes black and returns back to the logon screen. I should also note that the PC was setup to automatically login, so it shouldn,t ask me to logon any way.
I had installed many updates earlier that day and also the nvidia graphics driver (before updates), rgba gtk+ module, gnome-color-chooser and upgraded nautilius. All which where working fine at the point before tex-common installation.
Ubuntu Servers :: Can't Logon To 10.10
Nov 24, 2010there i have installed 10.10 today and cant logon, i can type the username, but when i try to type the password nothing happens, the cursor blinks but no letters characters or numbers work??? the only key that appears to work is the enter key. so obviuosly i cannot enter a password and it times out after 60 seconds. what do i do is it the keyboard?? this is on an older pc (not this one) that i was using win xp on, and got sick of the hassles with windows.
maybe should i reinstall without passwords?
Ubuntu :: Logon GUI Not Loading?
Dec 25, 2010I recently decided to get back into Ubuntu and installed 10.10 on my Acer Aspire 7741Z. The live USB worked great but the installed OS won't load the GUI. The loading screen does not show but instead there is a ton of text. The logon is the 'standard' logon (Ubuntu 10.10 -computer name- tty1). I can logon using the account information that the graphical installation asked for. After awhile, the screen goes blank. Pressing the power button, the text comes back and Ubuntu the message "ppdev: user-space parallel port driver" has appeared. Using "startx" causes the screen to go blank, and the screen comes back when the power button is pressed before shutting down.
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Apr 9, 2011This afternoon, I tried to change the password, for the windows access via Samba, but I goofed.
While logged in with a Putty session, I typed code...
It asked me for the new password after the first line, then again after the second line as expected.
In retrospect I probably should not have typed the first line.
Now, however, I can't log in via putty. When I attempt to, it asks for my password, but neither the new nor old password works.
I DO have access to the Samba shares from other windows machines using the new password so that is OK.
It is a non GUI 10.04 server with one user, mark.
Help, please, how do I fix it?
Ideally, I guess I want the old password for the log in, but the new password for Samba shares.
Ubuntu :: How To Edit The Logon Screen
Apr 13, 2010how to add text, or a picture to the initial logon screen in Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2?
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May 30, 2010On Ubuntu 10.04 with x11Vnc server, if the screen requires logon (such as if locked or upon reboot), through the VNC terminal, I always get authentication error (incorrect password). Sitting at the keyboard, I can logon just fine. Once logged on, I can access everything through VNC just fine.
Error in auth.log (username = bob):
unix_chkpwd[3926]: password check failed for user (bob)
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Ubuntu :: Remains On Logon Screen?
Jun 4, 2011after an update i cannot my pc remains in the log on screen. I insert my password then the screen goesn and of and after 4 secondit goes back in the logon screen. I run the following
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-session
and i receive a message that both gnome and applets are not installed.
Ubuntu :: Making Password On Logon?
Feb 11, 2010I have ubuntu installed in a partition on my computer and when I installed it i made it so that you don't have to provide a password to logon to the user account. How can I change this?
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Jan 11, 2010I went away this weekend and everything with my mysql server was working great. I got home on sunday, and I found that my web pages couldn't be displayed because they were unable to gain access to the mysql database.
I am now not able to log into mysql using root or debian-sys-maint. I get error messages.
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
I have tried loading mysql in safe mode, and changing the passwords, but this does little to help me.
I am unable to retart my services without them failing, so after making the changes i have to manually kill the processes for mysql to get it to stop. After doing that i try to start mysql up, and it gives me a .sock error. I will post some of the errors in my next post, but if anyone has a general idea what i can try to manually override the passwords or reset them. I did read that i can reset the debian-sys-maint password using the msql/rm.conf , but i am unable to log on as root to change the password
Ubuntu :: Mounting Windows File On Logon?
Feb 2, 2010I have active directory users. User can log on with username/password from active directory in ubuntu. Users have their directory on Windows file server. They have read and execute rights on file on windows file server with same username and password from active directory(192.168.2.1/file/username for each user). I want that user's directory on windows file server mount to /home/username/disk on logon for each user, which logon in ubuntu.
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Mar 12, 2010I'm working on the design of a system that will serve Ubuntu virtual machines to users (via the FreeNX server and NoMachine's NX Web Companion plugin) and I'd like to launch a specific application a soon as someone logs into the VM. What is the best way to do this? Specifics would be helpful since I'm 95% software developer and 5% Linux administrator.
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TightVNC is working well ecept that it opens a new session and I'd rather share the same session on Display 0. how best to connect to my Ubuntu home theater PC prior to logon and share the same session.
Ubuntu :: Configure Fingerprint Logon In 10.04 In Hp Dv6 Notebook?
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This can obviously be set for individual accounts, but I cannot figure how this can be done for the login screen.
Ubuntu Installation :: Blank Screen After Logon
Feb 1, 2011Installed ubuntu mobile 3 times, once off of a USB, second off of a burned ubuntu netbook cd, third off of a ubuntu 10.10 official cd. all three had the issue. as soon as i log on to ubuntu, all i see is my cursor and the background and nothing else.. tried searching and tried a few suggested things, but to no benefit.. What's next?
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When I start Ubuntu how do I make it automatically mount the NTFS disks? At the moment I only see the files on the Linux disc.
Ubuntu Networking :: Rsync Over SSH - Embed Logon Credentials?
Jan 18, 2010Is there a way to embed the user password in the following code?
Code:
rsync -r -n --progress --delete -u -l -e ssh 192.168.1.9:/Volumes/1TB_Internal/Music "/media/Storage/Libraries/My Music"
[code]...