10.04 Lucid Lynx hangs on login

[RefinersFire]

When I try logging in using any user name, ubuntu just returns to the login screen. I cannot actually log in. I used the recovery mode to create a new login with password 123456, and the same thing happens.

What could it be?

Ubuntu worked just fine for a while, then DKMS started causing problems, I had errors with upgrades, software installs/uninstalls, then my sound went.

I found a great fix for the sound (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting), the sound came back, but then I could not log back in again.

I cannot find any help for this issue, and had to install 9.10 Karmic Koala, and that's what I have been using for the past couple of days.

10.04 has been fairly buggy for me and I am considering staying with 9.10, or going to another Linux distro.

I cannot reinstall 10.04 either because my CD burner will not work (not sure why, it used to with 9.04), and unetbootin did not install the start up right into Grub. I get an error from Grub.

Please help me get 10.04 working again.

[wilee-nilee]

When I try logging in using any user name, ubuntu just returns to the login screen. I cannot actually log in. I used the recovery mode to create a new login with password 123456, and the same thing happens.

What could it be?

Ubuntu worked just fine for a while, then DKMS started causing problems, I had errors with upgrades, software installs/uninstalls, then my sound went.

I found a great fix for the sound (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting), the sound came back, but then I could not log back in again.

I cannot find any help for this issue, and had to install 9.10 Karmic Koala, and that's what I have been using for the past couple of days.

10.04 has been fairly buggy for me and I am considering staying with 9.10, or going to another Linux distro.

I cannot reinstall 10.04 either because my CD burner will not work (not sure why, it used to with 9.04), and unetbootin did not install the start up right into Grub. I get an error from Grub.

Please help me get 10.04 working again.

Have you tried logging in via recovery, I recognize you changed the password.

[RefinersFire]

I could log in using recovery command line, but I can never get to my desktop.

[wilee-nilee]

I could log in using recovery command line, but I can never get to my desktop.

After you login run

 start x

Or

start gdm

[RefinersFire]

After you login run

 start x

Or

start gdm

start x returns unknown job
start gdm starts the login screen, but I still cannot log in.

[wilee-nilee]

start x returns unknown job
start gdm starts the login screen, but I still cannot log in.

I have only had to use these commands like once so it might be startx, both should be run after logging in in recovery. You have probably tried these variations already so that is the most that I know.

[wilee-nilee]

Post 3 in this thread gives a little more info on what you might need to do to get logged in.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1489055

[RefinersFire]

Post 3 in this thread gives a little more info on what you might need to do to get logged in.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1489055

I read all of the posts and tried what was mentioned. Nothing is working. When I startx (after dpkg-reconfigure gdm, apt-get update, apt-get upgrade) I just get a black screen with my arrow. I could move the arrow, but nothing else happens.