Wednesday, February 28, 2018

14.04 - disk error, now can't log in to account

My ubuntu was acting weird-- it wouldn't open libreoffice, and all my folders had padlocks on them. I wasn't sure what was going on, so I restarted. It said a disk error was detected, and I pressed f to fix it.



Now I'm unable to log in to my user account. I know I have the right password. When I press ctrl + alt + f1 to go to the shell, I can su to my account successfully. but when I try on the login screen, it flashes a black screen and brings me right back to the login screen.

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