Can't load main profile at login screen

**34H8CTY** · August 4th, 2013

I was using my computer last night with no issues, today when I tried to log in, instead of loading the desktop I was faced with the login screen.
I ensured my username was selected and typed my password. The screen goes black for a moment and then come back to the login screen.
I instead tried to use remote login and was advised that my email or password were incorrect.
Guest seems to login with no issues.
I have therefore removed the password from my main account and set it to auto login, but to no avail.

I don't seem to have access to my main (administrator account).
Any ideas?

Update: It seems I can keep restarting and every now and then it will log in correctly, however when it does, my 2nd monitor will not connect and the keyboard seems to have some sort of Greek layout which is not listed in the Keyboard Layout Options - nothing I do there changes it back to English (US).

**bapoumba** · August 4th, 2013

You may be running out of disk space in your /home folder.

Can you log into one of the TTY with <crtl><alt>F1 and run df -h to see the disk usage? If /home is full, you can run this from your /home folder to see which are the 10 largest files and make up some room.

Code:

du -hsx * | sort -rh | head -10

Or clean some of your Trash.

Other possibilities involve .ICEAuthority permissions, but you should have error messages.. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6161267

**34H8CTY** · August 5th, 2013

Thanks for your response.
I've not been able to work that screen properly, it wants me to log in, but won't accept the details I'm entering.
I've instead looked at the properties within the /Home folder (Right click > Properties) and it says I have around 94GB free of my 120GB drive.

Since then I've also unplugged the second monitor cable from the PCI card (main monitor is running from the M/Board) and it looks like it's loading correctly each time now. Plus the keyboard is using its correct layout constantly.

Is there a possibility having the cable connected to my 2nd monitor was interfering with it?
I recently tried to update the driver for the card (NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS). I'm not sure if that worked correctly or not.
When that monitor is plugged in and the profile loads correctly, I click on the Display options in settings and it closes the window and throws up a message that Ubuntu had an error.

**bapoumba** · August 5th, 2013

Hmm, is there some info in that error message ? Without it, it may be difficult to troubleshoot. I'm not much into video configs, I can move your thread to the Video forum if you wish.

**34H8CTY** · August 6th, 2013

There is, it says:

Sorry, Ubuntu 13.04 has experienced an internal error.
If you notice further problems, try restarting the computer.
▼ ExecutablePath
/usr/bin/gnome-control-center
▼ Package
gnome-control-center 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu24.1
▼ ProblemType
Crash
▼ Title
[display]: gnome-control-center crashed with SIGABRT in raise()
▼ ApportVersion
2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
▼ Architecture
amd64
► CoreDump
▼ CrashCounter
1
▼ Date
Tue Aug 6 09:55:42 2013
► Dependencies
► Disassembly
▼ DistroRelease
Ubuntu 13.04
▼ InstallationDate
Installed on 2013-07-28 (8 days ago)
▼ InstallationMedia
Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail@ - Release amd64 (20130424)
▼ MarkForUpload
True
▼ PackageArchitecture
amd64
▼ ProcCmdline
gnome-control-center --overview
► ProcEnviron
► ProcMaps
► ProcStatus
▼ ProcVersionSignature
Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
► Registers
▼ Signal
6
▼ SourcePackage
gnome-control-center
► Stacktrace
▼ StacktraceAddressSignature
/usr/bin/gnome-control-center:6

86_64:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so+37037:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.17.so+3a698:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.3600.0+6b3b6:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0.3600.0+6b914:/usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-3.so.4.0.0+1c3e6:/usr/lib/libgnome-desktop-3.so.4.0.0+1c57d:/usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libdisplay.so+a8b5:/usr/lib/control-center-1/panels/libdisplay.so+bf81:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3600.0+16ce1:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3600.0+174d0:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3600.0+17804:/usr/bin/gnome-control-center+9e8c:/usr/bin/gnome-control-center+7e47:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3600.0+10620:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libobject-2.0.so.0.3600.0+21f00
► StacktraceTop
▼ Tags
raring display
► ThreadStacktrace
▼ Uname
Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
▼ UnreportableReason
You have some obsolete package versions installed. Please upgrade the following packages and check if the problem still occurs:

gnupg, gpgv, libgcrypt11
▼ UpgradeStatus
No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
▼ UserGroups
adm cdrom dip lpadmin nopasswdlogin plugdev sambashare sudo
► XsessionErrors
► usr_lib_gnome-control-center

Now having typed all that, I think I might have to update some packages...I'll post again if this has resolved it. (Perhaps I'll read the error before posting next time :-S )

**bapoumba** · August 6th, 2013

Maybe you should check your sources.list : cat /etc/apt/sources.list. Please post it here, maybe you have an outdated repo or ppa or something that prevents the upgrade. Then you will be able to finish the update/upgrade process. Then we'll see

**34H8CTY** · August 7th, 2013

Actually, whilst trying to fix the issue, I killed the installation completely.
I ended up re-installing after removing the unnecessary graphics card.
All is working better than before now.

Thanks for your assistance.