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I have Ububtu 16.04 and recently downloaded an update and ever since I cannot access Ubuntu. at startup screen I am now asks for a password which i never had to use at startup before, when I enter my password that I had setup to verify downloads etc it wont accept it . after I enter my password the screen goes blank and then returns to previous screen asking for password

Bill H
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  • replace your_username, shown below, with your username

    1. boot the computer and observe the GRUB menu
    2. choose advanced options
    3. choose root access
    4. type sudo mount -o remount,rw /
    5. type cd /home/your_username
    6. type sudo chown your_username:your_username .ICEauthority
    7. type sudo chown your_username:your_username .Xauthority
    8. type reboot
    9. login like normal
heynnema
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