Ubuntu Laptop Help

[jasonodoom]

My friend logged into her Ubuntu user but it logged her out and now she can't log in to her user or her Guest user. Please help!!!!!1 She's using a Lenevo Think Pad if that helps (an old version).

[Goolie]

My friend logged into her Ubuntu user but it logged her out and now she can't log in to her user or her Guest user. Please help!!!!!1 She's using a Lenevo Think Pad if that helps (an old version).

Uhm, is there a graphical interface. . .what do you see on your screen?

Where exactly are you stuck, lost password, blank screen?

A little more infos please!

[jasonodoom]

No blank screen. It's just that when my friend turns on her Laptop their is an automatic login in Ubuntu. After she's logged in, in 5 seconds she's logged out, This is the same for all users and now she cannot access her accounts without being logged out. If you can help I'll greatly appreciate it....

[S.R]

Does it seem to do a restart or does it shut down completely and she has to press the power button to start this system again?

[jasonodoom]

No, it just logs her out of her user and takes her to the log in screen.

[S.R]

OK try to fool in to not shutting down till a later time with

shutdown -h 45

This should give you 45 mins.

No dice there? Then maybe it is a runlevel problem try

init 1

or

telinit 1

to see if single user makes a difference.

After that I think you are reduced to looking in the /etc.init.d for the scripts designed to control the processes.

Hope I was of some help. I hate to be the guy who reinvents the wheel.

[jasonodoom]

But I can't access the Terminal, it logs me off quickly before I get to it.....

[S.R]

Do you have a recovery mode option or an option to use an older kernel on startup? If not CTRL+ALT+F1 should work.

[jasonodoom]

I think so, thanks a lot I'll see if that works. If not I'll come back....

[jasonodoom]

Do you have a recovery mode option or an option to use an older kernel on startup? If not CTRL+ALT+F1 should work.

I tried CTRL+ALT+F1 and it takes me to a Terminal like black screen. How do I access my user? And or fix the problem?