Re: [PLUG] I can't login to my Ubuntu laptop anymore. It keeps looping at the login.
Thank you Michael. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > you can > boot into th live thingy > mount your drive # assume you mount it at /mnt for this idea > edit /mnt/etc/shadow to nullify your password (the : are delimiters) >example before: > > mikeraz:$6$rW.YSVJM$1EIrCggPMyF/i8D/Inh/DG53jZzgk5L41zc447Br8HMqqBNgDOFg9NDpMfiK3..utf7xNC.KoNprygxONEduW1:16522:0:9:7::: >example after: > mikeraz::16522:0:9:7::: > >verify your homedir exists > ls /mnt/home/ > ls /mnt/home/mikeraz # in this example > > close everything down and try booting and logging in again. > > Side Question: What is your self assesment for tech skill and interest? > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 02:46:42PM -0700, Genaro Hernandez wrote: > > Hi. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my issue. It's my > > only laptop and I really need it for my schoolwork. > > > > *The issue* is that something went wrong with my Ubuntu 14.04 because at > > the GUI login, I enter my password, it looks like it accepts it, then it > > says something went wrong, and finally returns me to the login. > > > > *I tried to* login with the shell but my password is not accepted. > > > > *Someone suggested* I do this: > > > > "boot into a live cd/dvd/usb and you'll have a working ubuntu desktop. > use > > the file manager to mount the internal drive (it'll just be named by > size, > > like "60GB drive") and copy off what you need. then reinstall like > normal" > > > > Can someone tell me if that is good advice? If so, can you provide me > with > > more relevant information (e.g. links to any web pages/videos)? You can > let > > me know if I should just do some online searches myself. I did find this > > link on how to create a bootable usb stick on Ubuntu: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu. > > > > Thank you for all of your help. > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > -- > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity > "Frobyshnobskurov?", I asked them, looking pleading. I think I was asking > for drain cleaner but they cottoned on when I dabbed my finger on the > map.Frobyshnobskurov, it said, plain as life. "Ah," said a warty one, > finally understanding, "Frropbussplanshikoo-ROFF!" Hungarian is like that. > ~ Cross country bike tourist Leo Woodland > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] I can't login to my Ubuntu laptop anymore. It keeps looping at the login.
Thank you Neil. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 5:06 PM, NEIL wrote: > Yes. You can use a Linux Live CD to do this or a USB flash drive. > You'd just need to make sure that you switch your BIOS to boot off of it. > > In addition to doing what they suggested, you could try to figure out > what is going wrong with the configuration and try to fix it, but it > could be more trouble than wiping it out and starting over. > > Neil > > > On 10/16/2015 2:46 PM, Genaro Hernandez wrote: > > Hi. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my issue. It's my > > only laptop and I really need it for my schoolwork. > > > > *The issue* is that something went wrong with my Ubuntu 14.04 because at > > the GUI login, I enter my password, it looks like it accepts it, then it > > says something went wrong, and finally returns me to the login. > > > > *I tried to* login with the shell but my password is not accepted. > > > > *Someone suggested* I do this: > > > > "boot into a live cd/dvd/usb and you'll have a working ubuntu desktop. > use > > the file manager to mount the internal drive (it'll just be named by > size, > > like "60GB drive") and copy off what you need. then reinstall like > normal" > > > > Can someone tell me if that is good advice? If so, can you provide me > with > > more relevant information (e.g. links to any web pages/videos)? You can > let > > me know if I should just do some online searches myself. I did find this > > link on how to create a bootable usb stick on Ubuntu: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu. > > > > Thank you for all of your help. > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] I can't login to my Ubuntu laptop anymore. It keeps looping at the login.
you can boot into th live thingy mount your drive # assume you mount it at /mnt for this idea edit /mnt/etc/shadow to nullify your password (the : are delimiters) example before: mikeraz:$6$rW.YSVJM$1EIrCggPMyF/i8D/Inh/DG53jZzgk5L41zc447Br8HMqqBNgDOFg9NDpMfiK3..utf7xNC.KoNprygxONEduW1:16522:0:9:7::: example after: mikeraz::16522:0:9:7::: verify your homedir exists ls /mnt/home/ ls /mnt/home/mikeraz # in this example close everything down and try booting and logging in again. Side Question: What is your self assesment for tech skill and interest? On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 02:46:42PM -0700, Genaro Hernandez wrote: > Hi. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my issue. It's my > only laptop and I really need it for my schoolwork. > > *The issue* is that something went wrong with my Ubuntu 14.04 because at > the GUI login, I enter my password, it looks like it accepts it, then it > says something went wrong, and finally returns me to the login. > > *I tried to* login with the shell but my password is not accepted. > > *Someone suggested* I do this: > > "boot into a live cd/dvd/usb and you'll have a working ubuntu desktop. use > the file manager to mount the internal drive (it'll just be named by size, > like "60GB drive") and copy off what you need. then reinstall like normal" > > Can someone tell me if that is good advice? If so, can you provide me with > more relevant information (e.g. links to any web pages/videos)? You can let > me know if I should just do some online searches myself. I did find this > link on how to create a bootable usb stick on Ubuntu: > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu. > > Thank you for all of your help. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity "Frobyshnobskurov?", I asked them, looking pleading. I think I was asking for drain cleaner but they cottoned on when I dabbed my finger on the map.Frobyshnobskurov, it said, plain as life. "Ah," said a warty one, finally understanding, "Frropbussplanshikoo-ROFF!" Hungarian is like that. ~ Cross country bike tourist Leo Woodland ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] I can't login to my Ubuntu laptop anymore. It keeps looping at the login.
Hi. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my issue. It's my only laptop and I really need it for my schoolwork. *The issue* is that something went wrong with my Ubuntu 14.04 because at the GUI login, I enter my password, it looks like it accepts it, then it says something went wrong, and finally returns me to the login. *I tried to* login with the shell but my password is not accepted. *Someone suggested* I do this: "boot into a live cd/dvd/usb and you'll have a working ubuntu desktop. use the file manager to mount the internal drive (it'll just be named by size, like "60GB drive") and copy off what you need. then reinstall like normal" Can someone tell me if that is good advice? If so, can you provide me with more relevant information (e.g. links to any web pages/videos)? You can let me know if I should just do some online searches myself. I did find this link on how to create a bootable usb stick on Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu. Thank you for all of your help. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] I can't login to my Ubuntu laptop anymore. It keeps looping at the login.
Yes. You can use a Linux Live CD to do this or a USB flash drive. You'd just need to make sure that you switch your BIOS to boot off of it. In addition to doing what they suggested, you could try to figure out what is going wrong with the configuration and try to fix it, but it could be more trouble than wiping it out and starting over. Neil On 10/16/2015 2:46 PM, Genaro Hernandez wrote: > Hi. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with my issue. It's my > only laptop and I really need it for my schoolwork. > > *The issue* is that something went wrong with my Ubuntu 14.04 because at > the GUI login, I enter my password, it looks like it accepts it, then it > says something went wrong, and finally returns me to the login. > > *I tried to* login with the shell but my password is not accepted. > > *Someone suggested* I do this: > > "boot into a live cd/dvd/usb and you'll have a working ubuntu desktop. use > the file manager to mount the internal drive (it'll just be named by size, > like "60GB drive") and copy off what you need. then reinstall like normal" > > Can someone tell me if that is good advice? If so, can you provide me with > more relevant information (e.g. links to any web pages/videos)? You can let > me know if I should just do some online searches myself. I did find this > link on how to create a bootable usb stick on Ubuntu: > http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu. > > Thank you for all of your help. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
