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ekevu
March 31st, 2018, 07:07 PM
I have installed Ubuntu 17.10 on a computer that used 15.10 before. I used manual partitioning and replaced the system, but left the /home partition untouched. Now, after the complete reinstall, I get to the login screen and I cannot login. Neither in Wayland nor in X.org. I can switch to a terminal and get to the error message

xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/USER/.Xauthority


I tried the first solution mentioned here (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/215558/why-am-i-getting-this-message-from-xauth-timeout-in-locking-authority-file-ho#215559), no success.

If I add a new user, I can successfully start the GUI. However, I want to get access to the home directory of the user I had on this laptop.

Can anybody help?

ank2
March 31st, 2018, 09:27 PM
Can you use startx after logged in as user (not root)?

ekevu
March 31st, 2018, 10:38 PM
No, I couldn't. Eventually, I implemented the backup into the new user account. That worked.