Sunday, January 31, 2016

12.04 - tty login fails without any error message

When I try to log in via tty (Ctrl+Alt+FX) I get a prompt, e.g.:


laboratory login:

I can then type in the username and press enter but it immediately resets to the same prompt, with no error message and no password prompt. I am unable to log into my graphical environment, hence needing to use tty (I believe my desktop manager is not starting). What is going wrong?

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