Failed to start session after upgrade to 14.04

[prashanta2]

Hello,

I just did an upgrade to 14.04 Ubuntu. I had 13.10 with Mate Desktop. After upgrade and reboot, the system does not log in anymore. It just says "Failed to start session"

I guess mate crashed and know the system can't log in. What can I do?


Big thanks,
Pedro

[prashanta2]

One additional info.
In the log in screen I go to terminal Ctrl+Alt+F1
after sudo su code I type password and get - login incorrect

[prashanta2]

Somehow I got it to work... don't know what I did...

[Abhilash_Nayak]

I faced the same problem after the upgrade.. I tried to install Gnome env. and surprisingly this got fixed.

$ sudo apt-get install gnome
$ sudo reboot


After the reboot I selected Gnome environment first, but then I tried my luck with Ubuntu env. and wola! I was able to login..

[charlyoleg2]

I face the same issue after updating from 12.04 to 14.04. Your workaround doesn't work in my case :(

I have seen this debug messages in the lightdm log:
> sudo cat /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log
DEBUG: Seat: Failed to find session configuration ubuntu
DEBUG: Seat: Can't find session ubuntu

I'm still looking for a solution!

[ivan-janes]

Try to install ubuntu-session package as suggested on http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2014-04/msg13063.html

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-session

If it is installed try to reinstall it with:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-session

[moorkai]

Tried ivan-janes' solution. Sadly, it didn't work for me. Changing user-session from ubuntu to mate in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf did the trick instead.

[ron20]

I had the same problem and this solution worked for me.


Try to install ubuntu-session package as suggested on http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2014-04/msg13063.html

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-session

If it is installed try to reinstall it with:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-session

[Tony_Pellicccio]

Thanks to all of you. I went from 12.04LTS to 14.04LTS. The upgrade was a nightmare. I mean are they that clueless at Canonical that they couldn't do a proper upgrade? Really? Now I just have to get my networking running again and I'll be back in business. But being out of service for a few days, that wasn't cute. Making me really re-think using Ubuntu.

[rafael.lopez011]

Once I pressed ctr+alt+F1 or F2 .....or F6 the command line appear but request me the login and password. Once I entered the username and password it request me the password. Then 'Login incorrect' message appear. if I put the sudo and rest of the commands it does not work.

Please help.

Also have tried booting from the USB with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS then open the terminal and then I'm able to execute the lines but after reinstall the session it is doing the same.

Please help

[rafael.lopez011]

do you figure out what did you do? I have the same problem?

[Jeton_Sinoimeri]

I had the same problem, I upgraded from 12.04 to 14.04. I pressed CTR-ALT-F3 and then logged in using my credentials, then typed in sudo apt-get install, and put in my password. I let it finish then restarted the computer and was able to log in

[derrick3]

When it says Login "Incorrect" you probably typed something wrong. Remember capitaliztion matters on both USER and PASS and make sure you type in the right password.

[jiwon21c]

This made it clear the problem in my case.
Thanks a lot.

[Kuan-Hsun]

It is still work for me as well. My case is that after updating the system as usual, I cannot log in the system.
Originally Posted by ivan-janes http://ubuntuforums.org/images/ubuntu-VB4/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12997801#post12997801)
Try to install ubuntu-session package as suggested on http://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2014-04/msg13063.html
Code:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-session
If it is installed try to reinstall it with:
Code:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-session

[mmercado]

None of these options worked for me. In case it helps someone, what I did was I downgraded my NVIDIA graphics package and it worked. It is strange that this solved the issue because I could see the login screen and for a second my custom background before it would go back to the login screen.