cannot log in after upgrade from 10.4 to 10.10 on amd64

[gratefulfrog]

After upgrading via the upgrade manager, I rebooted and found:

1. the default kernel wouldn't boot, just filled the screen with messages that I could not read - this was the case for a bug I reported on 10.04
2. the 1st kernel that would boot was the rt one.
3. this got me to the login screen but my password wouldn't work. I repeated it many times.

I now have no access to my system!

Please help me! I've been a long time supporter and debugger for Ubuntu, but now a feel abandoned!

[gratefulfrog (gratefulfrog)]

Thanks for looking into the bug.

I am totally blocked now. Is there anything I can do to gain access to my
machine?

Thanks,
Bob.

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Fabio Marconi
<email address hidden>wrote:

> ** Package changed: ubuntu => gdm (Ubuntu)
>
> ** Tags added: lucid
>
> ** Tags added: lucid2maverick
> ** Tags removed: lucid
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/718388
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> Title:
> cannot log in after upgrade from 10.4 to 10.10 on amd64
>

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[gratefulfrog (gratefulfrog)]

Hi!

Are you saying that this is no longer being treated as a bug? Surely, it
*IS* a bug?

Thanks,
Bob

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:

> ** Changed in: gdm (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** Converted to question:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+question/145315
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> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
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> Title:
> cannot log in after upgrade from 10.4 to 10.10 on amd64
>

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

could be a bug but it's not a gdm one if kernels or login don't work and the description list several issues and lacks details to be useful, it can be converted back to a bug when someone got useful informations for it to be worked

[gratefulfrog (gratefulfrog)]

so that's it? I upgrade from a working system 10.4 to an unusable 10.10 and
no help is available? What has happened to the days when Ubuntu support was
the best around?

I'm very disappointed.

Thanks anyway,
Bob

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden>wrote:

> could be a bug but it's not a gdm one if kernels or login don't work and
> the description list several issues and lacks details to be useful, it
> can be converted back to a bug when someone got useful informations for
> it to be worked
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/718388
>
> Title:
> cannot log in after upgrade from 10.4 to 10.10 on amd64
>

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[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

not sure what your issue is, your ticket has been transfered from the bug tracker to the answer tracker so you can get help to debug the issue, the bug tracker is a place where technical issues are described so they can be fixed, the answer tracker is where you will get other users helping you to solve your issues