NOT LOGGING ME IN!

Questions about applications and software
Forum rules
Before you post read how to get help. Topics in this forum are automatically closed 6 months after creation.
Locked
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4303
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:

Post by clem »

edit /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default and remove the lines referring to mintDesktop and mintDisk.

Clem
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Topic automatically closed 6 months after creation. New replies are no longer allowed.
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4303
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:

Post by clem »

When you get to the login screen, hit CTRL+ALT+F1 and log in in the console. then edit the file with vi, or nano, or whatever console-mode text editor you're most familiar with.

Clem
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4303
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:

Post by clem »

I suppose you don't know how to use vi... ok let's remove the packages then:

Code: Select all

sudo apt-get remove mintdisk mintdesktop
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4303
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:

Post by clem »

Ok... let's try something else:

Code: Select all

sudo mv /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample
See if that works.

By the way, use CTRL+ALT+F1 to go to console from GDM, and CTRL+ALT+F7 to go back to the GDM login screen.

Clem
scorp123
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2272
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:19 pm
Location: Switzerland

Post by scorp123 »

uhohthisismo wrote:Command not found :cry:
What did you type in?
scorp123
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2272
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:19 pm
Location: Switzerland

Post by scorp123 »

uhohthisismo wrote:and it said

Code: Select all

command not found  /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default 
Did you check the content of that directory?

Code: Select all

ls -al /etc/gdm/PostLogin/ 
If there is no file with the name "Default" then this error would be pretty much normal.
User avatar
clem
Level 12
Level 12
Posts: 4303
Joined: Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:34 am
Contact:

Post by clem »

No it wouldn't.. we're not trying to run Default, we're trying to run mv. It looks like you didn't type it correctly.
scorp123
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2272
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:19 pm
Location: Switzerland

Post by scorp123 »

clem wrote:No it wouldn't.. we're not trying to run Default
Ah yeah, silly me ... It should say something like No such file or directory in that case. Command not found however indicates he was trying to run a non-existing command ...
scorp123
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2272
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:19 pm
Location: Switzerland

Post by scorp123 »

uhohthisismo wrote:i retyped it and it said the same thing
Sorry, can't be. Can you please type again and show us here what you typed, word by word? You are mistyping something, or else the error message would be a different one.
scorp123
Level 8
Level 8
Posts: 2272
Joined: Sat Dec 02, 2006 4:19 pm
Location: Switzerland

Post by scorp123 »

uhohthisismo wrote:sudo mv /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample
There is a slash missing. sudo mv /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default /etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default.sample
Something else ... can you please give me the output of these commands:

Code: Select all

which sudo

Code: Select all

which mv
Thank you.
Locked

Return to “Software & Applications”