I got my Linux Mint 16 into this same state without ever touching aptitude or mongodb. It seemed to occur after some regular updates, I don't do anything out of the ordinary with my Mint install, but when I logged back in I got the blank screen with the "LM" icon floating in the middle. I can ALT-LEFT and get to terminal, run "sudo mdm", and get to the login screen, however immediately after logging in I get "Session Failed" with a detailed error message:
"cinnamon-session-cinnamon" not found; falling back to default session. localuser:jyennaco being added to access control list Script for cjkv started at run_im. Script for default started at run_im. Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service Failed to connect to the VirtualBox kernel service Script for cjkv started at run_im. Script for default started at run_im. x-session-manager[7996]: WARNING: Unable to find required component 'cinnamon' x-session-manager[7996]: WARNING: Unable to find required component 'cinnamon-screensaver' x-session-manager[7996]: WARNING: Unable to find required component 'nemo-autostart' (note also at this time by Wifi wasn't working, I had to plug in. I saw another forum where someone had these same 2 seemingly different problems) Naturally form the terminal I ran: sudo apt-get --purge remove cinnamon && sudo apt-get install cinnamon sudo apt-get install cinnamon-screensaver sudo apt-get install nemo After rebooting I was able to log in using "sudo mdm" and logging in, I was got to my desktop! However, cinnamon still does not start on a normal boot without sudo mdm. Please advise! Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257927 Title: Installing mongodb package via aptitude destroys Cinnamon install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1257927/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
