Can't log in after typing sudo startx in LXterminal [solved]

[cc85734]

I am fairly new to linux, just letting you know.

I ran the command 'sudo startx' while in lxterminal (i was in the gui, not cli).

It came up with an error (cn't remember it) and it booted into a desktop, but like I had just purchased the pi.

I rebooted, and it didnt boot straight to the desktop, it wanted me to login, which it has never done before. It wanted me to login, but not in the cli, in a gui login screen . Now, when I type in pi and raspberry, it does nothing. When I type in the wrong password, it says incorrect password. I have not changed the password.

Please help me get back into my rpi!

Should i just re-install raspbian?

[rpdom]

You could just reinstall, or you could try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a text-console with a login prompt. Log in as "pi" with password "raspberry". You now have a command prompt.

Then type these commands

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sudo chown pi:pi ~/.Xauthority
touch .~/.Xauthority
sudo reboot

and when the Pi has rebooted you should be back to normal.

[cc85734]

You could just reinstall, or you could try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a text-console with a login prompt. Log in as "pi" with password "raspberry". You now have a command prompt.

Then type these commands

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sudo chown pi:pi ~/.Xauthority
touch .~/.Xauthority
sudo reboot

and when the Pi has rebooted you should be back to normal.

I did that but it says login incorrect. But I havent changed it and i did it twice.

[rpdom]

Probably best to reinstall then. Then change the password, just in case.

[cc85734]

You could just reinstall, or you could try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a text-console with a login prompt. Log in as "pi" with password "raspberry". You now have a command prompt.

Then type these commands

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sudo chown pi:pi ~/.Xauthority
touch .~/.Xauthority
sudo reboot

and when the Pi has rebooted you should be back to normal.

Tried again and it worked.

Thanks so much, I had loads of programs and stuff on there, so I really didn't want to re install! Thanks

[davidcoton]

Make a backup so you can recover without having to reinstall

[turismoassociati]

You ... could try this:

Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to a text-console with a login prompt. Log in as "pi" with password "raspberry". You now have a command prompt.

Then type these commands

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sudo chown pi:pi ~/.Xauthority
touch .~/.Xauthority
sudo reboot

and when the Pi has rebooted you should be back to normal.

I had the same problem and your solution worked like a charm. Thank you.
NEVER launch in the Terminal

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sudo startX

when you opened the CLI terminal from the GUI!