Delete a file without logging in into desktop

[trdprsn]

So i downloaded an mp3 file which crashes my desktop and sends me back to the login screen similar to this: viewtopic.php?t=356580&p=2063693
however, the problem here is that the file is on the desktop, so i cannot enter it, is there a way for me to delete that file from my desktop and not have to reinstall? or is there ay solution to this problem?

[motoryzen]

So i downloaded an mp3 file which crashes my desktop and sends me back to the login screen similar to this: viewtopic.php?t=356580&p=2063693
however, the problem here is that the file is on the desktop, so i cannot enter it, is there a way for me to delete that file from my desktop and not have to reinstall? or is there ay solution to this problem?

Try booting from a that distro's installation thumb drive with that distro's-installed storage drive still connected...access that linux-installed storage drive from the Live environment and see if you can nuke that file that way.

[vanadium]

Easier, but a little more advanced: on the login screen, hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 and log in on the TTY.

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cd Desktop ## make folder Desktop the current folder
ls               ## list files to see name of offending file
rm "<name of file>"

Type "exit" to log back out, hit Alt+F1 to return to the login screen (if it is not there, then try Alt+F7).

[gittiest personITW]

So i downloaded an mp3 file which crashes my desktop and sends me back to the login screen similar to this: viewtopic.php?t=356580&p=2063693
however, the problem here is that the file is on the desktop, so i cannot enter it, is there a way for me to delete that file from my desktop and not have to reinstall? or is there ay solution to this problem?

How does this file crash the desktop - Is it a sound effect that you have added?
Is there anything linked to this mp3?
It sounds like it is a little more than a file that has been dragged to the desktop? Yes - it is a question with the intonation going higher towards the end of the sentence.

[deck_luck]

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Yes - it is a question with the intonation going higher towards the end of the sentence.

@gittiest personITW

[trdprsn]

So i downloaded an mp3 file which crashes my desktop and sends me back to the login screen similar to this: viewtopic.php?t=356580&p=2063693
however, the problem here is that the file is on the desktop, so i cannot enter it, is there a way for me to delete that file from my desktop and not have to reinstall? or is there ay solution to this problem?

How does this file crash the desktop - Is it a sound effect that you have added?
Is there anything linked to this mp3?
It sounds like it is a little more than a file that has been dragged to the desktop? Yes - it is a question with the intonation going higher towards the end of the sentence.

I wish i could say otherwise but no, it is just a plain mp3file that i was going to use as a sound effect for a game AND even worse it is just a less than one second long bonk sound effect

[trdprsn]

Easier, but a little more advanced: on the login screen, hit Ctrl+Alt+F3 and log in on the TTY.

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cd Desktop ## make folder Desktop the current folder
ls               ## list files to see name of offending file
rm "<name of file>"

Type "exit" to log back out, hit Alt+F1 to return to the login screen (if it is not there, then try Alt+F7).

I did what you said and The file is gone, BUT even before deleting the file the login screen has been in a loop where i see it for a spit second, it goes away and then up again and deleting the file had no effect, the only other thing i have done is using a bootable flash drive to enter desktop last night and see if i could delete it from there, (It wouldn't let me access it) now the file ain't there, but i cannot login using GUI

[trdprsn]

So i downloaded an mp3 file which crashes my desktop and sends me back to the login screen similar to this: viewtopic.php?t=356580&p=2063693
however, the problem here is that the file is on the desktop, so i cannot enter it, is there a way for me to delete that file from my desktop and not have to reinstall? or is there ay solution to this problem?

Try booting from a that distro's installation thumb drive with that distro's-installed storage drive still connected...access that linux-installed storage drive from the Live environment and see if you can nuke that file that way.

It would not let me access the ssd where the file is stored

[motoryzen]

trdprsn. How so? What error message did it give?

How did you try to access it?? gui from within Nemo file manager OR..did you try to navigate via terminal commands?

[vanadium]

I did what you said and The file is gone, BUT even before deleting the file the login screen has been in a loop where i see it for a spit second, it goes away and then up again and deleting the file had no effect, the only other thing i have done is using a bootable flash drive to enter desktop last night and see if i could delete it from there, (It wouldn't let me access it) now the file ain't there, but i cannot login using GUI

Then there surely is more going on that just that file. You may have run GUI apps as root. A usual suspect may be the wrecked permissions of .Xauthority. Make sure it is owned by you and has permissions 600. It is possibly owned by root at this moment.

[trdprsn]

I did what you said and The file is gone, BUT even before deleting the file the login screen has been in a loop where i see it for a spit second, it goes away and then up again and deleting the file had no effect, the only other thing i have done is using a bootable flash drive to enter desktop last night and see if i could delete it from there, (It wouldn't let me access it) now the file ain't there, but i cannot login using GUI

Then there surely is more going on that just that file. You may have run GUI apps as root. A usual suspect may be the wrecked permissions of .Xauthority. Make sure it is owned by you and has permissions 600. It is possibly owned by root at this moment.

How do i check that? also an update on that one i log in with the terminal and removing the file if after i enter ctrl+alt+f3 and then go back to the login screen with ctrl+alt+f7 i can log in and go into my desktop no problem, the problem still is that an mp3 file keeps crashing my system it crashed when i tried to browse the files in the download folder in desktop but i deleted it no problem using terminal, i got my desktop and install back basically but i still wonder what exactly is going on and if i will ever be able to edit mp3 files i this install, I don't remember if i mentioned it but last thing i did was install audacity which i already uninstalled with terminal.
i looked around on the login loop problem by itself and it said to delete a Xauthority file and so i did but it changed nothing

[gittiest personITW]

Can you run the following in Terminal.
Copy/paste into your reply. Highlight each output and press the </> icon above the reply box.

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dmesg | grep -i "error\|warn\|fail"

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inxi -Fxz

Have you tried a Timeshift restore? I know that, unless the defaults have been changed, it shouldn't have backed up /home, but you might have a more fundamental problem.
Probably create a snapshot first, then restore an earlier one. If no difference, might as well come back to the one you just created.