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orcas
Asked: 2018-03-27 11:22:54 +0800 CST

Cannot log in "your session lasted only 10 seconds"

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When I tried to log in this morning I got an error...

your session lasted only 10 seconds...

under view details (~/.xsession-errors file) it reads..

initctl: Unable to connect to UPstart: failed to connect to socket
 /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused syndaemon: no process found
/etc/mdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup....
localuser:jackie being added to access control list

Any way to fix this without reinstalling?

login 16.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It's VirtualBox that is the problem. Fix:

    sudo apt-get remove virtualbox*

    I also faced the same problem. I got the solution from the below thread. I solved it and my computer is working fine. Just remove and restart the computer. Good Luck.

    Reference: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/433644/linux-mint-18-3-cinnamon-cannot-start-a-session

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