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I recently installed 16.04 on a pen drive and it keeps on coming up with a running in low graphics mode pop up and wont let me do anything. I'm not the greatest with terminal. help would be appreciated.



EDIT: I also cannot get to grub menu when I hold shift during boot it takes me to what looks like a terminal.
Also don't believe I have a user name or password.










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    To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:38










  • At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:48












  • F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
    – TB94
    May 2 '16 at 7:14

















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I recently installed 16.04 on a pen drive and it keeps on coming up with a running in low graphics mode pop up and wont let me do anything. I'm not the greatest with terminal. help would be appreciated.



EDIT: I also cannot get to grub menu when I hold shift during boot it takes me to what looks like a terminal.
Also don't believe I have a user name or password.










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  • 1




    To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:38










  • At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:48












  • F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
    – TB94
    May 2 '16 at 7:14















up vote
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I recently installed 16.04 on a pen drive and it keeps on coming up with a running in low graphics mode pop up and wont let me do anything. I'm not the greatest with terminal. help would be appreciated.



EDIT: I also cannot get to grub menu when I hold shift during boot it takes me to what looks like a terminal.
Also don't believe I have a user name or password.










share|improve this question















I recently installed 16.04 on a pen drive and it keeps on coming up with a running in low graphics mode pop up and wont let me do anything. I'm not the greatest with terminal. help would be appreciated.



EDIT: I also cannot get to grub menu when I hold shift during boot it takes me to what looks like a terminal.
Also don't believe I have a user name or password.







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    To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:38










  • At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:48












  • F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
    – TB94
    May 2 '16 at 7:14
















  • 1




    To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:38










  • At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
    – user533208
    May 2 '16 at 3:48












  • F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
    – TB94
    May 2 '16 at 7:14










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To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
– user533208
May 2 '16 at 3:38




To fix this, please follow the guide How to fix “The system is running in low-graphics mode” error?
– user533208
May 2 '16 at 3:38












At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
– user533208
May 2 '16 at 3:48






At the boot screen where you choose "Try Ubuntu", please press F6, which will allow you to add boot options. Add nomodeset to the end of the options, and then boot into "Try Ubuntu" as usual. Does that help?
– user533208
May 2 '16 at 3:48














F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
– TB94
May 2 '16 at 7:14






F6 doesnt seem to do anything :/, I am running the pen drive on a dell inspiron 1122 in case that matters.
– TB94
May 2 '16 at 7:14












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I faced the same infamous "Low graphics mode" issue after upgrading to 16.04 out of my curiosity from 14.* LTS. I tried installing/uninstalling graphics drivers (open source/official), configuring/reconfiguring various desktop managers, trying various previous kernels, installing/reinstalling GL/mesa drivers via apt-get, removing ~/.*authority, creating xorg.conf, changing/fixing/blacklisting graphics kernel modules and so on, but nothing worked



Finally, I saw that /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf didn't have any greeter-session at all. So, added greeter-session=unity-greeter and then got the lightdm login page instead of flickering black screen saying "System program problem..." dialog box appearing and
disappearing every few seconds.



Then, I got into another infamous issue - login loop. For this, I switched the desktop environment to GNOME metacity as none of the other worked - Ubuntu, Unity8 Mir, Gnome Compiz, etc. Finally, I was able to login, but "system settings" was having issues - unity-control-center and gnome-control-center were crashing with SegFault.



So, I installed the latest built mesa driver from mesa-12.* sources (only half built as there was some llvm error but installed the so far stuff anyway which included
the intel drivers as I saw), and at last "system settings" opened successfully.






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I faced the same infamous "Low graphics mode" issue after upgrading to 16.04 out of my curiosity from 14.* LTS. I tried installing/uninstalling graphics drivers (open source/official), configuring/reconfiguring various desktop managers, trying various previous kernels, installing/reinstalling GL/mesa drivers via apt-get, removing ~/.*authority, creating xorg.conf, changing/fixing/blacklisting graphics kernel modules and so on, but nothing worked



Finally, I saw that /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf didn't have any greeter-session at all. So, added greeter-session=unity-greeter and then got the lightdm login page instead of flickering black screen saying "System program problem..." dialog box appearing and
disappearing every few seconds.



Then, I got into another infamous issue - login loop. For this, I switched the desktop environment to GNOME metacity as none of the other worked - Ubuntu, Unity8 Mir, Gnome Compiz, etc. Finally, I was able to login, but "system settings" was having issues - unity-control-center and gnome-control-center were crashing with SegFault.



So, I installed the latest built mesa driver from mesa-12.* sources (only half built as there was some llvm error but installed the so far stuff anyway which included
the intel drivers as I saw), and at last "system settings" opened successfully.






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  • You faced a login loop issue since removed .Xauthority files under your profile.
    – SAGAR Nair
    Oct 9 at 13:10















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I faced the same infamous "Low graphics mode" issue after upgrading to 16.04 out of my curiosity from 14.* LTS. I tried installing/uninstalling graphics drivers (open source/official), configuring/reconfiguring various desktop managers, trying various previous kernels, installing/reinstalling GL/mesa drivers via apt-get, removing ~/.*authority, creating xorg.conf, changing/fixing/blacklisting graphics kernel modules and so on, but nothing worked



Finally, I saw that /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf didn't have any greeter-session at all. So, added greeter-session=unity-greeter and then got the lightdm login page instead of flickering black screen saying "System program problem..." dialog box appearing and
disappearing every few seconds.



Then, I got into another infamous issue - login loop. For this, I switched the desktop environment to GNOME metacity as none of the other worked - Ubuntu, Unity8 Mir, Gnome Compiz, etc. Finally, I was able to login, but "system settings" was having issues - unity-control-center and gnome-control-center were crashing with SegFault.



So, I installed the latest built mesa driver from mesa-12.* sources (only half built as there was some llvm error but installed the so far stuff anyway which included
the intel drivers as I saw), and at last "system settings" opened successfully.






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  • You faced a login loop issue since removed .Xauthority files under your profile.
    – SAGAR Nair
    Oct 9 at 13:10













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up vote
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I faced the same infamous "Low graphics mode" issue after upgrading to 16.04 out of my curiosity from 14.* LTS. I tried installing/uninstalling graphics drivers (open source/official), configuring/reconfiguring various desktop managers, trying various previous kernels, installing/reinstalling GL/mesa drivers via apt-get, removing ~/.*authority, creating xorg.conf, changing/fixing/blacklisting graphics kernel modules and so on, but nothing worked



Finally, I saw that /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf didn't have any greeter-session at all. So, added greeter-session=unity-greeter and then got the lightdm login page instead of flickering black screen saying "System program problem..." dialog box appearing and
disappearing every few seconds.



Then, I got into another infamous issue - login loop. For this, I switched the desktop environment to GNOME metacity as none of the other worked - Ubuntu, Unity8 Mir, Gnome Compiz, etc. Finally, I was able to login, but "system settings" was having issues - unity-control-center and gnome-control-center were crashing with SegFault.



So, I installed the latest built mesa driver from mesa-12.* sources (only half built as there was some llvm error but installed the so far stuff anyway which included
the intel drivers as I saw), and at last "system settings" opened successfully.






share|improve this answer














I faced the same infamous "Low graphics mode" issue after upgrading to 16.04 out of my curiosity from 14.* LTS. I tried installing/uninstalling graphics drivers (open source/official), configuring/reconfiguring various desktop managers, trying various previous kernels, installing/reinstalling GL/mesa drivers via apt-get, removing ~/.*authority, creating xorg.conf, changing/fixing/blacklisting graphics kernel modules and so on, but nothing worked



Finally, I saw that /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf didn't have any greeter-session at all. So, added greeter-session=unity-greeter and then got the lightdm login page instead of flickering black screen saying "System program problem..." dialog box appearing and
disappearing every few seconds.



Then, I got into another infamous issue - login loop. For this, I switched the desktop environment to GNOME metacity as none of the other worked - Ubuntu, Unity8 Mir, Gnome Compiz, etc. Finally, I was able to login, but "system settings" was having issues - unity-control-center and gnome-control-center were crashing with SegFault.



So, I installed the latest built mesa driver from mesa-12.* sources (only half built as there was some llvm error but installed the so far stuff anyway which included
the intel drivers as I saw), and at last "system settings" opened successfully.







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    Oct 9 at 13:10
















You faced a login loop issue since removed .Xauthority files under your profile.
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