System boots in console + login loop
- by Imagicien
I messed up my system while trying to fix permission problems for setting up a LAMP local server.
I tried this solution:
How to avoid using sudo when working in /var/www?
without success.
Then I saw this solution:
Permissions issue: how can Apache access files in my Home directory?
I understood that I had to change the permissions of my root directory (among others), so I executed:
sudo chmod 710 /
I also changed the user group on / to www-data.
I also did these operations on /home.
I'm pretty sure one of those commands broke something, because it's the last commands I executed, and after that, my system showed strange/broken behavior:
Firefox stopped showing pages
Some icons got replaced by an red X icon (meaning "Icon not found" I guess)
Applications refused to launch (no reaction)
After rebooting:
I got a strange graphical message talking about not being able to mount something, asking me if I wanted to wait, and talking about /tmp (I forgot the message since I was in shock)
My system now boots in console, and when I login, it flashes unsignificant stuff* before re-asking me to login.
My important data is on Ubuntu One.
I'd prefer not having to reinstall from scratch.
Is there a way to regain access to my system?
Thanks a lot for your help.
*Looks like a terminal header with the name of the OS and other info. Doesn't seem important.
