[ ABANDONED ] PC boots to terminal and not GUI (loosely related to updates?)

[ralphy]

I have renamed Xauthority (with Thunar, if that matters) to no effect. How close am I to having to start over from a new account?

I think it is about time you do so. You could save a lot of time just by creating a fresh new account and going from there.

[Lite Potato]

I have renamed Xauthority (with Thunar, if that matters) to no effect. How close am I to having to start over from a new account?

[ralphy]

If by loop you mean that it will bring you back to the Login page after entering your username and password to login, it is likely .Xauthority is/got corrupted or has wrong permissions.

To solve the issue, login via Terminal and rename .Xauthority

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mv /home/$USER/.Xauthority /home/$USER/.Xauthority.old
reboot
The new file will be created for you with correct permission during next login.

[Jerry]

...but it gives me the same loop I mentioned in a past thread.

What past thread?

[Lite Potato]

My /home settings were migrated from 2.8, I have performed chmod 755 on my user folder, and I have partially solved the "no-GUI" problem by reactivating / (root file system)'s fstab entry.

Lite now boots to the login GUI again, but it gives me the same loop I mentioned in the past thread https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/other-17/home-folder-empty-login-screen-loop/.

There's no rush in fixing this; I don't mind waiting until the 27th. In the meantime, have a nice holiday season!

[Jerry]

Your logs show that you have added PPA's. So now I'm confused.

[Lite Potato]

I do not recall any installation of hardware drivers other than the ones provided by Linux Updates.

[Jerry]

Did you install any PPA's and or drivers that would affect any in built or attached hardware?
eg. video drivers, usb devices etc

[Lite Potato]

I have uploaded the attachments to the forum thread in four parts. Also, may I use the currently-blocked (and the only splittable with Lite's Archive Manager) 7-Zip format? Thank you.

[Jerry]

Split it up into smaller files.

[Lite Potato]

The zip file was ~700KB, while the limit is 500.

[Jerry]

You should be able to attach logs here LP. Let me know if you can't, and what the exact file names are.

[Lite Potato]

The logs are at http://www.filedropper.com/log_10.

[ralphy]

Please post the logs.

I've ran updates for x32 and x64 versions and rebooted without issues.

[Lite Potato]

After having installed some updates on Lite 3.0, along with some new applications, I received a GUI failure on the next boot. Do I post any logs here?