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Re: Crashing to desktop on Ubuntu 14.04 workstation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lizhou Sha)
Thu Nov 7 14:24:08 2019
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From: Lizhou Sha <slz@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 14:23:05 -0500
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To: Sludds <asludds@mit.edu>
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Hi Alex,
As Ubuntu 14.04 has reached EOL, I would advise you to try installing on
16.04 instead. (18.04 has a known problem where python-afs is not
available, causing debathena install to fail.)
However I suspect the login issue is something else. There has been some
longstanding mysterious bugs of the login session crashing on older
systems, which usually seems to resolve by creating a blank profile for the
desktop environment. You can try moving your ~/.config out of the way
(probably on a dialup), and see if you can log in successfully. Then you
can manually copy your configs back into the new ~/.config folder.
Best,
Lizhou
On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 3:17 PM Sludds <asludds@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to setup debathena inside of a vmware Ubuntu 14.04 VM. I
> install the workstation install. When I reboot I get the debathena
> graphical login screen. However, after I login it loads up the desktop, and
> then instantly crashes back to the debathena graphical login screen.
> Can you let me know how to fix this?
> -Alex
>
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Lizhou Sha
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Alex,<div><br></div><div>As Ubuntu 14.04 has reached EO=
L, I would advise you to try installing on 16.04 instead. (18.04 has a know=
n problem where python-afs is not available, causing debathena install to f=
ail.)</div><div><br></div><div>However I suspect the login issue is somethi=
ng else. There has been some longstanding=C2=A0mysterious bugs of the login=
session crashing on older systems, which usually seems to resolve by creat=
ing a blank profile for the desktop environment. You can try moving your ~/=
.config out of the way (probably on a dialup), and see if you can log in su=
ccessfully. Then you can manually copy your configs back into the new ~/.co=
nfig folder.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Lizhou</div><div><br>=
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 3:17 PM Sludds <<a href=3D"mailto:asludds@m=
it.edu">asludds@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_=
quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,=
204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div>I am trying to s=
etup debathena inside of a vmware Ubuntu 14.04 VM. I install the workstatio=
n install. When I reboot I get the debathena graphical login screen. Howeve=
r, after I login it loads up the desktop, and then instantly crashes back t=
o the debathena graphical login screen.</div><div>Can you let me know how t=
o fix this?</div><div>-Alex<br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"=
class=3D"gmail_signature">Lizhou Sha<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technol=
ogy<br>Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research</div>
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