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Cannot login to my user account

This computer has had Ubuntu on it for quite some time, and after several upgrades, the OS started getting a little creaky. I decided to reinstall, but I wanted to keep my files, which was easy because /home was in a different partition.

During the installation, I chose to reformat my / partition, and use (but not format) my /home partition. I also ended up changing my password to something more secure. The install seemed to go OK, so I rebooted into the system.

I was presented with the new login screen, which I filled out and tried to log in. The screen flashed to black, sometimes showing a virtual terminal, and then put me back to the login screen. This happens regardless of whether I choose the "Ubuntu" or "Ubuntu 2D" session.

I switched to a virtual terminal and was able to login, but found my home directory empty, save two files telling me how to decrypt my drives. I ran the decryption command, and my files showed up. I assume because my password changed, this no longer happens automatically.

I'm running an ATI Radeon HD 5830 card on a 64-bit processor.

TL;DR:

  • I can no longer login to my computer.
  • My home directory no longer decrypts automatically.
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Cassie Meharry
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  • Can you login on the console? If so, try running a separate X using startx gnome-session-fallback -- :1 first. How specifically is your home directory encrypted? With that userspace encfs thing? -- The login problem might just be a stale .Xauthority. Delete them. Worked for me. (Just now.) – mario Oct 14 '11 at 21:39
  • That gives me a black screen. The drive is encrypted using eCryptFS, the default thing that comes with Ubuntu. – Cassie Meharry Oct 14 '11 at 21:42
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    Deleting the ~/.Xauthority worked. Mind turning that into an answer and explaining what it's for? – Cassie Meharry Oct 14 '11 at 21:47

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