# Cannot login ... background briefly shows

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [March 25, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692 "2019-03-25T14:22:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/1 "2019-03-25T14:22:35Z")

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@fossfreedom, I added the testing repo and installed 10.5, no problems. This morning I rebooted and when I get to the log in screen, I enter my credentials and it does something in the background (screen looks like it tries to render the desktop, and then it goes back to the log in screen. I can’t log back in now, any ideas what I can do to get logged in and back to the desktop?

Doug

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/2 "2019-03-25T14:27:19Z")

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Sounds like a package or two has been removed accidently

CTRL+ALT+F2 to switch to a TTY and login

type:

```
sudo apt install --reinstall budgie-desktop budgie-core libbudgietheme0 libraven0 libbudgie-plugin0

reboot --
```

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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/3 "2019-03-25T14:32:40Z")

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When I execute the apt command, I get:

`E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives`

Not sure what to do next.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/4 "2019-03-25T14:40:49Z")

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ah - that explains it - you have unfortunately run out of disk space ☹

You’ll need to uninstall some stuff before running the above.

If you have snaps installed - suggest uninstall them

```
snap list

snap remove snapname

```

Worth running:

```
sudo apt autoremove

```

Have a close look before accepting (Pressing Y) that there are no critical packages being uninstalled like python, gnome stuff, budgie stuff

Sometimes you may have been collecting linux kernels - they should be purged - but sometimes they just collect.

Check what kernel you are running:

```
uname -a

sudo apt purge linux-image-number-generic
sudo apt purge linux-headers-number-generic

```

Where number is less than the value returned by uname -a

```auto
e.g. dad@dad-VirtualBox:~/Downloads/assets/Banners/19.04$ uname -a
Linux dad-VirtualBox 4.18.0-16-generic #17~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 12 13:35:51 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
dad@dad-VirtualBox:~/Downloads/assets/Banners/19.04$ sudo apt purge linux-image-4.18.0-1
linux-image-4.18.0-14-generic linux-image-4.18.0-16-generic  
dad@dad-VirtualBox:~/Downloads/assets/Banners/19.04$ sudo apt purge linux-image-4.18.0-14-generic linux-image-4.18.0-14-generic

```

(Press tab at the point `linux-image-` to autocomplete/list packages that match)

Finally run:

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

```

To check that all packages are correctly installed and that you weren’t in the middle of install stuff before running out of disk space.

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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/5 "2019-03-26T01:30:18Z")

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Thanks for the help @fossfreedom, I was able to uninstall a couple snaps and was able to log in.

I haven’t run into any issues as of yet, but I do miss the Budgie Desktop settings icon in the raven menu 🙁

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/6 "2019-03-26T07:02:52Z")

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It’s the power strip which you can re-add via budgie-desktop-settings - raven

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**Author:** ![drohm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/drohm/32/10_2.png) [@drohm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/drohm)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/cannot-login-background-briefly-shows/1692/7 "2019-03-26T07:19:57Z")

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Awesome, thanks for that!