Login loop (SOLVED)

[darco]

I did a search on this prior to this post...I somehow hosed by desktop. I get the login page, enter password ,it goes black for about 10 seconds then it dumps me back to the login page. I do not have a guest account to log into..also my other desktop show cairo-dock gnome and kodi...I can choose kodi and it logins into the kodi app but if I exit, im back at the login page. I also tried from the live cd, I think I need to chroot and maybe reinstall Cinnamon? Not sure..
Oh and another thing, I dont have network access for some reason, its hardwired, trying to update it , goes out to an ftp site evowise, says something about Bionic.,,,,cant connect
Tara (from upgrade)
Cinnamon

Please help thxs

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[darco]

so I went back to the live cd, chroot the root partition, but when I try to run an update command from terminal, it fails to connect. Is there a way to change the source in the terminal and not in the software source app in desktop? I do have internet connection,able to ping while in terminal ....
just cant connect.....
thxs

[darco]

still looking for help here.....

[thx-1138]

...try Ctrl+Alt+F1, log-in via terminal, and rm ~/.Xauthority && rm ~/.ICEauthority...

[gm10]

^ that, and he means you should do that from the login screen that you get dropped back to, not from the live USB.

After you did that, press Alt+F7 and see if you can log in. If you cannot, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 again, run startx, see what error messages you get. The issue is typically one of messed up user settings or permissions, but if you think you may have removed cinnamon then you can also reinstall it from there. Main repositories are configured in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list.

[darco]

^ that, and he means you should do that from the login screen that you get dropped back to, not from the live USB.

After you did that, press Alt+F7 and see if you can log in. If you cannot, press Ctrl+Alt+F1 again, run startx, see what error messages you get. The issue is typically one of messed up user settings or permissions, but if you think you may have removed cinnamon then you can also reinstall it from there. Main repositories are configured in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list.

Hey guys, thxs for responding.... yesterday still trying to do this on my own, I lost the login splash screen so on restart it dumps to black screen with login...anyways I did run the commands stated above, had to run startx, now it’s a black screen with cursor only...
Home now so I’m available
Thxs

[gm10]

had to run startx, now it’s a black screen with cursor only...

That does actually sound like you don't have a desktop environment installed. Did you reinstall cinnamon yet as you had planned? If not, now is the time.

PS: you can kill your X-session with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, if so configured, or just switch to another tty with Ctrl+Alt+F2 ,,, F6.

[darco]

had to run startx, now it’s a black screen with cursor only...

That does actually sound like you don't have a desktop environment installed. Did you reinstall cinnamon yet as you had planned? If not, now is the time.

PS: you can kill your X-session with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, if so configured, or just switch to another tty with Ctrl+Alt+F2 ,,, F6.

I don’t know why I don’t have internet. On restart it tells me failed to connect https://changelogs.ubuntu .... so how would I go about installing a desktop?
Thxs

[gm10]

Are you connected at all? What does nmcli say?

You might be able to reinstall the required packages regardless of Internet connection if they are still cached from a recent update. Just try

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon-common

[darco]

Are you connected at all? What does nmcli say?

You might be able to reinstall the required packages regardless of Internet connection if they are still cached from a recent update. Just try

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall mint-meta-cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon-common

ok so running the nmcli command it shows two private IP of 192.168.1.100/24 and 192.168.8.1/24 which is the problem. I switched IP when I install a new router but for whatever reason, the NIC on mint wont release the 8.1 address. So when I was booting up, no internet connection until I toggled the network switch on the desktop and the 8.1 would disappear and the internet was fine. Looking at etc/network/interface there is no reference to the 8.1. Where else can I check to remove that address while in a tty mode?
thxs

[gm10]

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ holds the connection profiles. nmcli would have told you what connection that IP was associated with, so you can edit the associated profile in case you manually configured it there. sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/<ConnectionProfile>. Otherwise check with your DHCP server.

If you believe that toggling networking as you apparently did from the network will help then you can also do that from the terminal:

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nmcli networking off
nmcli networking on

[darco]

/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ holds the connection profiles. nmcli would have told you what connection that IP was associated with, so you can edit the associated profile in case you manually configured it there. sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/<ConnectionProfile>. Otherwise check with your DHCP server.

If you believe that toggling networking as you apparently did from the network will help then you can also do that from the terminal:

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nmcli networking off
nmcli networking on

Success!!...so toggling the network worked but the connection would only last a few seconds then I would lose connection. I ran the reinstall command after toggling network a couple and it eventually retrieved the packages!...So i was able to run startx, desktop came up, then the network issue is still present.
Checking the system-connection folder shows a Auto Ethernet file and some vpn configs but unable to open these files....
thanks gm10 for all your help...but this network issue is still a prob!

[gm10]

Good news.

Now that the desktop is back, you can use the Network Connections tool from the menu to edit connection settings, you don't need to edit the files manually anymore. I do however suggest to mark this thread here as solved (edit OP and add [SOLVED] to the subject line) and to create a new thread about the network issue.

[darco]

Good news.

Now that the desktop is back, you can use the Network Connections tool from the menu to edit connection settings, you don't need to edit the files manually anymore. I do however suggest to mark this thread here as solved (edit OP and add [SOLVED] to the subject line) and to create a new thread about the network issue.

ok done...start a new thread on network issue
thxs
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