thor27/steam-login

Hi, I installed steam-login on ubuntu 12.04 just now, having found it here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-login-to-steam-big-picture-mode-in-ubuntu Now after restarting my pc it boots to a black screen. I can't even use grub to boot into windo

Holger321 opened this issue · 5 comments

Hi, I installed steam-login on ubuntu 12.04 just now, having found it here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-login-to-steam-big-picture-mode-in-ubuntu Now after restarting my pc it boots to a black screen. I can't even use grub to boot into windo

try this:
press ctrl+alt+f1
if you get a login prompt, make login with your user/password
removes steam-login with:
sudo apt-get remove --purge steam-login
sudo apt-get autoremove

then restart your x server with:

sudo service lightdm restart

hope it helps!

Hi,

thanks for your response!

i tried ctrl+alt+f1- it doesn't help. The machine just behaves as if the
monitor wasn't connected but I double-checked the cables. when I switch
off the monitor and on again it says 'no signal'.

hm.

On 12/02/2013 07:58 PM, Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis wrote:

try this:
press ctrl+alt+f1
if you get a login prompt, make login with your user/password
removes steam-login with:
sudo apt-get remove --purge steam-login
sudo apt-get autoremove

then restart your x server with:

sudo service lightdm restart

hope it helps!


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#13 (comment).

Ok, can you open the grub screen before computer starts ubuntu?

If yes, try to go to security mode and start a login shell and type those commands I said before.

Hi,

Solved! for some reason now it works again. Wow, I'm so relieved!

Just as an explanation: What I had done was to follow steams advice in
adding some package sources and then updated the whole system. after
that (without reboot since update manager didn't promt me to reboot) I
installed your steam-login script and executed it. Then I saw that my
game would work ok but still wanted to reboot. After that I got the
black screen. Then after restarting around 15 times I didn't even get a
bios or anything. Like the whole lcd wasn't working from the hardware
side. Then after another book - without any measure done it started up
normally.

So, that's all I can say to describe the thing as clearly ayss possible.

anyway thanks for the quick response and greetings from munich,
Holger

On 12/02/2013 07:58 PM, Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis wrote:

try this:
press ctrl+alt+f1
if you get a login prompt, make login with your user/password
removes steam-login with:
sudo apt-get remove --purge steam-login
sudo apt-get autoremove

then restart your x server with:

sudo service lightdm restart

hope it helps!


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#13 (comment).

Good to know it worked.
I don't think that this was really related to steam login, maybe with updated packages you installed with steam.