01-09-2022, 09:22 AM
At the GUI login instead of entering your password press three keys - CTRL and ALT and F2.
This should switch to a terminal login.
At the 'machinename login:' prompt type your normal username (this will be echoed) followed by return, then at the 'Password:' prompt type your normal password (not echoed) followed by return.
If you can't login in like this something has gone wrong with your login credentials which may or may not be fixable.
If you can log in to the terminal it proves the credentials are valid. From the terminal try starting the GUI with the command 'startx' to see if it throws an error.
This should switch to a terminal login.
At the 'machinename login:' prompt type your normal username (this will be echoed) followed by return, then at the 'Password:' prompt type your normal password (not echoed) followed by return.
If you can't login in like this something has gone wrong with your login credentials which may or may not be fixable.
If you can log in to the terminal it proves the credentials are valid. From the terminal try starting the GUI with the command 'startx' to see if it throws an error.
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