Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Cannot Login after Fresh install of ubuntu 14.04.1

I just installed 14.04.1 on a desktop computer. Everything installed just as usual, but my user account does not show up when the new system starts. All I have is a guest session!



When I try to login to my account from a command prompt using CNTRL-ALT-F2, my username and password are accepted but the screen just flashes a brief message and returns immediately to the login prompt. The message is far too quick to see.



The guest session works fine, but I have no administration privileges on my machine!



Where did I go wrong?

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