[21:18] <hans_> on the login screen i write the password and press Log In, then for a second i get this screen https://i.imgur.com/2qNRBCc.png then it's a completely black screen for a second, then it's back to the login screen as if i never wrote the password nor pressed "Log In" .. how do i debug that?
[21:19] <hans_> ah nvm i think i know what it is
[21:31] <brainwash> hans_: and you won't tell us?
[21:42] <hans_> brainwash, there's something wrong with my /home/username folder, cus root can login without problems, and when i made a new account just to test that theory, the new account can also login without problems, it's specific to my main user account - but i take it back, i still don't know *exactly* what the problem is, but i'm pretty sure it's something in /home/hans
[21:43] <hans_> and where have i seen you before...
[21:44] <brainwash> it does sound like this is caused by a recent change you made
[21:45] <Spass> hans_, someone before had a similar problem and there was something with .Xauthority file iirc
[21:46] <krytarik> (That is, might be owned by root rather than the user.)
[21:47] <hans_> well whatever, i'm just reinstalling xubuntu - was used for testing a bunch of stuff without storing anything important anyway
[21:48] <Spass> hans_, try renaming .Xauthority and .ICEauthority
[21:49] <Wayward_Vagabond> So, I can't remember how to tell synaptic to update my os to the current version
[21:49] <Wayward_Vagabond> How might I go about doing this?
[21:49] <Wayward_Vagabond> On xenial right now, trying to get the current LTS
[21:50] <hans_> those files probably didn't exist - what happened was that i tried to log in to the main user account once while the /home/ folder did not exist - that apparently broke *something*, because when i restored /home/ and rebooted, i couldn't log in to that specific user that had previously attempted to login without /home/ ..
[21:50] <Spass> Wayward_Vagabond, use update-manager
[21:52] <hans_> (i did some stuff with /home/ and forgot to restore /home/ when i was done, then tried to log in >.>)
[21:52] <Wayward_Vagabond> Udate manager wants to update firefox (an update that hung on synaptic, files couldn't download for some reason), and remove some unused kernel update files
[21:53] <Wayward_Vagabond> It's not mentioning a new ubuntu release- is LTS-LTS updating not supported on 18.04lts yet?
[21:53] <Spass> you need to have fully upgraded system then it should show you that the newer LTS version is available, also, see here: https://itsfoss.com/upgrade-ubuntu-version/
[21:54] <Wayward_Vagabond> Hmm, this firefox update may be troublesome then
[21:54] <hans_> Wayward_Vagabond, i'm no expert but lts-to-lts is supported now in normal Ubuntu at least.. i'd try just: apt update; apt dist-upgrade; apt autoremove --purge; reboot; do-lts-upgrade;
[21:55] <Wayward_Vagabond> I seem to recall that when xenial was released, it wasn't supported for a while
[21:55] <hans_> correct, but it is now.
[21:55] <Spass> Wayward_Vagabond, what error message you got after sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade?
[21:55] <hans_> (for Ubuntu. idk about Xubuntu)
[21:56] <Wayward_Vagabond> Ahh, update manager wants me to restart
[21:56]  * Wayward_Vagabond rolls eyes
[21:57] <Wayward_Vagabond> Closing some stuff, then I'll be back directly..
[22:41] <CrazyLikeAFox> What do I have to hit during boot to make that screen where I can select kernel versions or memtest pop up?
[22:42] <CrazyLikeAFox> went to restart, it hung with some FS errors, did an fsck and fixed em, now it just flat out stops after they finish
[22:42] <CrazyLikeAFox> and isn't showing the ubuntu boot options screen
[22:44] <brainwash> CrazyLikeAFox: tried to press the Shift key?
[22:47] <CrazyLikeAFox> shift didn't seem to have any effect
[22:48] <CrazyLikeAFox> aha, it did flash up this time
[22:48] <CrazyLikeAFox> wonder what broke..
[22:53] <CrazyLikeAFox> in recovery mode, it hangs trying to start networking...