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After upgrade I can't log in. Error message:

Could not update ICEauthority file /home/username/.ICEauthority

This is on a system with 2 partitions. This installation is on /dev/sda5 type ext4. Could this partition be read only? Maybe because of an error? If so, how can I repair this partition? BTW, I can login as guest.

Help highly appreciated...

Update User login works if I use recovery mode. Also, the partition is shown as read only. I can change this using the recovery console, but it looks like it changes back to read only if I'm returning to normal boot process out of the console. I tried to repair the partition with sudo rack.ext4 -v -f /dev/sda5 ( a command I found somewhere, without really knowing what I'm doing) but the results didn't show an error. –

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  • Can you get in with recovery mode? – Colyn1337 Aug 23 '13 at 15:36
  • Yes, user login works if a use recovery mode. Also, the partition is shown as read only. I can change this using the recovery console, but it looks like it changes back to read only if I'm returning to normal boot process out of the console. I tried to repair the partition with sudo rack.ext4 -v -f /dev/sda5 ( a command I found somewhere, without really knowing what I'm doing) but the results didn't show an error. – user186643 Aug 23 '13 at 16:55
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  • Tried to use the suggested answer in the possible duplicate. Didn't work. But then I am not 100% sure that the commands actually did the intended changes to the ICEauthority ownership. – user186643 Aug 23 '13 at 17:16

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