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Upgrade to Ubuntu 17.10 broke login

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I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 but login is all messed up. Login is "command prompt", or whatever it's called. I have to type in my login credentials then startx to load desktop session.

I need a login manager to I can choose fallback environment. Whatever is default doesn't work right. Not full screen.

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answered 3 Years ago hentor · Accepted Answer

I did:

sudo dpkg-divert --remove /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service



sudo apt-get update



sudo apt-get upgrade

to finish upgrade without systemd-shim error. And restored gdm3

sudo service gdm3 restart

Then installing drivers worked so was able to get my full screen resolution.

Note: using lightdm doesn't work. Couldn't login. There was login loop.