# No gui login screen

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804 "2020-06-11T17:57:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/1 "2020-06-11T17:57:50Z")

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so the GUI for the login window is not working and when I tried to log in as ubuntu it didn’t work and neither did reinstall lightdm  
plz help

(also I would add screenshots but I’m new here and don’t know if they are allowed )

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/2 "2020-06-11T18:13:55Z")

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> [@idklinux](#):
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> also I would add screenshots but I’m new here and don’t know if they are allowed

They are.  
As you are «new » you can directly post only one picture, by drag and drop your file onto your message.

You may also use pictures hosting services like imgbb, postimage and the likes.

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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/3 "2020-06-11T22:53:29Z")

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cool thank you also this is what i get basically:

 ![F98D71A5-EC26-4FD0-8408-F4D75C9DFD36.thumb.jpeg.be2ef638fd0e04c12538c1e752c775da](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/f/f537e7b58e4712b6c135e1f8a58f99002b9279c5.jpeg)

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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:** [June 11, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/4 "2020-06-11T22:57:52Z")

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Please can you explain what you did before this started happening?

Were you installing/removing any applications? If so what exactly were you doing?

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/5 "2020-06-12T00:10:00Z")

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It’s a console.

Here you can login by typing your user’s name, enter, then your password ( which will stay hidden ), enter.

Now you could issue commands.

But yes, before suggesting you some commands, you should give us bits of context 😉

We might help. We might **not** guess what you did and what you saw.

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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/6 "2020-06-12T00:58:43Z")

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before i was trying to find how update the Intel graphics to no avail then the next day i got the console login window and tried to uninstall and install lightdm and got errors ![IMG_5480](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/6/62cf682841e7194e685037772136c38a3019312a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/7 "2020-06-12T01:06:09Z")

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```auto
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm

```

might do the trick.

While there you should check for updates :

```auto
sudo apt update ; sudo apt full-upgrade ; sudo apt install -f ; sudo apt autoremove --purge

```

Meaning in sequence : check for updates, install what can be, check for eventually missing dependencies and remove obsolete and unused things.

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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/8 "2020-06-12T03:02:26Z")

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it did not work and I forgot the upgrade line

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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/9 "2020-06-12T03:21:47Z")

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So when I tried auto remover —purge It said that it was not understood

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**Author:** ![AlistairG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/alistairg/32/1959_2.png) [@AlistairG](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/AlistairG)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/10 "2020-06-12T04:38:56Z")

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Its not so clear what has transpired to get yourself into this situation.  
Firstly, is this a new install of Budgie?  
If yes, then another shot at installing wont hurt. I see you have a Lenovo and would suggest you do a search here as some of us have similar Lappy and have had some install issues usually to do with BIOS setup problems.  
Regards, Al.

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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:** [June 12, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/11 "2020-06-12T07:27:45Z")

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It does sound like you have unintentionally removed much more than you have realised.

I would put this down to a learning experience.

Reinstall from scratch is the easiest way here. Boot to a live usb session. Backup what you need onto another usb external drive before installing.

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/12 "2020-06-12T15:26:29Z")

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Well it’s not

> [@idklinux](#):
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> auto remover —purge

but  
` sudo apt autoremove --purge`

Nevermind. Reinstalling might solve faster your issue than trying to narrow down what’s gone wrong.  
Ideally when issuing commands, helpers here expect you to post their outputs. Which is obviously less handy from console.

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**Author:** ![idklinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@idklinux](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/idklinux)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/13 "2020-06-12T20:34:32Z")

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honestly there wasn’t any thin really worth saving and i have another computer that i use alot more so i just installed 20.04 and try to learn more about how to use linux to avoid/ solve these problems  
also how do you remove the time and date from the desktop

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/no-gui-login-screen/3804/14 "2020-06-12T20:45:35Z")

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Budgie Settings -\> applets, remove showtime