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I tried:

as well as gdm and unity-greeter.

I get this error each time:

Thanks. Can you clarify how I purge them both?

For install, it should look like this, right?
sudo apt-get install lightdm
" " gdm
" " unity-greeter

AMD64, Ubuntu 14.10
HD1 = part: Win7, part:Home directory
SSD = Ubuntu OS

It was running great, but I wanted to see if I could get better game performance with proprietary graphics drivers (AMD...

I got the same thing. I assumed it had to do with improper shutdown of the computer. But maybe I assumed too much.

Logging in root, and running the file system check manually solved it for me....

Yes, it asks for the root password.

The fdisk brought up information about the HD, it described the size, number cylinders, blocks, etc. It also described at which blocks Linux started/ended,...

Sorry, if I wasn't clear. Ubuntu was on a dedicated HD, XP is on another dedicated HD.

I didn't really do anything custom with it. It was the recent upgrade to Karmic Koala.

My beautiful daughter decided to unplug the computer while it was being used. :frown: Now Ubuntu Karmic wont boot. :( :( It says something like "unable to mount filesystem" and kicks me to a shell-h?...

Problem solved first try!
Deleted the broken users and created new ones.

Thanks:KS

Yes, I can use grub to boot into recovery mode. After selecting that option, it gives me several more options. I think one was repair x-something, another was command terminal, continue to boot...

No matter what user I use, administration of users has been locked and I can't get back in control. I've got all my passwords, but nothing seems to make a difference.

Examples:

User 1...