[SOLVED] Failed start to start session in Ubuntu 14.04

[SOLVED] Failed start to start session in Ubuntu 14.04 - When will login using dekstop mode, maybe one of you ever experienced that sort of thing on UBUNTU is "Failed to start session". When showing the text, so you can't for login to desktop mode on Ubuntu, because the package which working for create a session on Ubuntu Machine was failed for create the login session.

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Usually the problem because after update or upgrade the ubuntu to ubuntu 14.04 Trusty. To overcame the "Failed to start session", so you must try this ways :

1. Type Ctrl+Alt+F2 for change to Command Line Mode

2. Intall a ubuntu session package via this command :

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-session

3. Reinstall that package of ubuntu session

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-session

4. Reboot your computer for applying effect of that package

sudo reboot

Alternative method 1:

1. Change into Command Line (CLI) Mode using press Ctrl+Alt+F2

2. Type this command for installing ubuntu-desktop

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

3. After it, try reinstalling that package

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop

4. Reboot and look that will working

sudo reboot

Alternative method 2:

Simple action if you has trying an above method. Do reconfigure all of package using this command

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a

After reinstalling all of package, maybe one of you still not yet fix "failed to start session". And than the way must doing is installing a Gnome instead using a command like below :

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell ubuntu-gnome-desktop

Wait until that process finish, than reboot your computer. And now try to login to your desktop. I hope that ways will fix your problem about "Failed to start session". Thanks for your visit.
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