Decided to do a clean install of Lucid to sort out a permissions problem with my system and had done FAR too many online upgrades to be sensible. Discussed here:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...6234#msg246234
Now have the login loop nightmare!
Tried everything from the very helpful section 10 of dibl's signature FAQ list, but nothing works.
The ISO is good. The live CD disk is good. I can't understand what is causing this. I haven't tried to keep anything that was on the system, so completely new install as far as I know. System was using Lucid reasonably happily before - apart from the permissions stuff, which I'm assuming the clean install should have nuked.
I'm wondering if it is in any way related to the age of my system - pre-2001, but perfectly healthy?
I had a shutdown loop issue three years ago which was something to do with needing to add ACPI=force to the kernel line in grub menu, and my system was too old to use ASCP and used something called APM etc. etc. Discussed here, but not fully.
(http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...90220#msg90220)
could this be a similar case?
Should I finally bite the bullet and get a newer box? Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks,
Bernie
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...6234#msg246234
Now have the login loop nightmare!
Tried everything from the very helpful section 10 of dibl's signature FAQ list, but nothing works.
The ISO is good. The live CD disk is good. I can't understand what is causing this. I haven't tried to keep anything that was on the system, so completely new install as far as I know. System was using Lucid reasonably happily before - apart from the permissions stuff, which I'm assuming the clean install should have nuked.
I'm wondering if it is in any way related to the age of my system - pre-2001, but perfectly healthy?
I had a shutdown loop issue three years ago which was something to do with needing to add ACPI=force to the kernel line in grub menu, and my system was too old to use ASCP and used something called APM etc. etc. Discussed here, but not fully.
(http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...90220#msg90220)
could this be a similar case?
Should I finally bite the bullet and get a newer box? Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks,
Bernie
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