Can't login to Ubuntu 16.04 from tty screen
I upgraded my ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, then to 16.04.5. After that
I shutdown my laptop, but when I restarted it asked me for login and password, but not the password that I set first time.

14.04 16.04 login tty
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I upgraded my ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, then to 16.04.5. After that
I shutdown my laptop, but when I restarted it asked me for login and password, but not the password that I set first time.

14.04 16.04 login tty
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Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
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This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56
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I upgraded my ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, then to 16.04.5. After that
I shutdown my laptop, but when I restarted it asked me for login and password, but not the password that I set first time.

14.04 16.04 login tty
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I upgraded my ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, then to 16.04.5. After that
I shutdown my laptop, but when I restarted it asked me for login and password, but not the password that I set first time.

14.04 16.04 login tty
14.04 16.04 login tty
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3
Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
1
This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56
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3
Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
1
This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56
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3
Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
1
1
This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56
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Possible duplicate of Switching between console and GUI and How to download all required Ubuntu drivers
– karel
Dec 27 at 17:43
1
This is a console or command line mode. First of all enter username and then password when prompted.
– Kulfy
Dec 27 at 17:44
@kerl it workes with the tts2 but it shows me another error code 255
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:52
I pass this step of login to get somthing like the terminal inside the same page and I run this command >$ sudo systemctl start lightdm.service
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:55
but it shows nothing
– dev_Fares
Dec 27 at 17:56