Can´t login in my laptop

General Help
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I have Zorin Pro.
Since this morning, I can no longer log in to my laptop like I used to. After entering my password, I keep returning to the login screen. Can anyone help me?

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Hello,
Can you press ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 or F4? It will get you to commandline. Are you using xorg or Wayland display protocol? Nvidia/intel or AMD video card?

When in commandline, try update the system and see if it helps;
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

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I wil try

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does'nt change anything.
I can log in via ctrl + alt + F2

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Welcome to the Forum!

Try it with the Command sudo apt reinstall gdm3 zorin-os-desktop

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thanks for the answer. but it doesn't work.

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Hmm ... when You are on the Login Screen, does it behave normal? Or do You have any Screen Flickering, or is there a Delay when You do something, Clicking, Typing?

What is with @Storm's alrady asked Questions:

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the login screen is behaving normal after enter my password screen becomes black and after about 3 sec. he returns to the login screen again.

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i have nvidia on board but i don´t now the setting.
i don´t know the difference

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At the login screen, click the username. A cog should appear somewhere, click it. Choose the Non-wayland option (can't recall it what's it call in Zorin). Then try login afterwards.

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I would suggest entering the Grub Menu and selecting "Advanced options for Zorin, then selecting the option to boot on Zorin on 6.14...kernel and not the6.17` kernel - see if that leads to a normal boot.

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i have only the options:

  1. zorin desktop on xorg(error message)
  2. zorin desktop(after enter in password returns back to login screen)
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i have linux 6.8.0-90 and linux 6.8.0-94 both not working
when i go to terminal mode i can login. so th login is ok

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So, You are on Zorin 17, yes?

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yes i have
zorin 17

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i have changed from gdm3 to lightdm same problem
Luckily, I also have Linux Mint running on this laptop. Maybe I should just stick with Linux Mint.
I can't solve the problem. I've been using Zorin for at least six months, and then suddenly, this problem occurred overnight.

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On Zorin OS, can you try:

sudo apt install --reinstall zorin-os-desktop

There are many things that can cause a login loop on Ubuntu derivatives, but the Gnome Shell crashing at launch is usually first suspect.

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i have tried this but no difference

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I am seeing many users make this statement - that Gnome Shell seems to just start crashing out of the blue.
Clearly, the Gnome 46 version has something very sensitive going on with it...