unable to launch “gnome-session”, tried to reinstall ubuntu-desktop and ubuntu-gnome-desktop, failed,...












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I don't know how it happened, but when I restarted my laptop I got an error saying:
Xsession: unable to launch "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" X session --- "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" not found; falling back to default session



I then found this post:



https://superuser.com/questions/813170/unable-to-launch-gnome-session-session-ubuntu-x-session



I went to terminal more with ctrl+alt+f1 and reinstall ubuntu-gnome-desktop. It complained that it could not download ubuntu-release-manager update-manager, and update-notifier, but wasn't going to install them. When I tried sudo apt-get install update-notifier it told me to download update-notifier-common; when I tried doing that is told me I was missing gcr, debconf, default-dbus-session-dbus, dbus-session-dbus, and more. But, when I tried installing these it said they were already up to date.



Then my laptop ran out of power. When I turned it back on I realized it could not connect to the internet.



I just got my laptop two months ago, every thing I care about is backed up on github/google, I just really need to be able to use if for school. Its on ubuntu 16.04 lts.










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    I don't know how it happened, but when I restarted my laptop I got an error saying:
    Xsession: unable to launch "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" X session --- "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" not found; falling back to default session



    I then found this post:



    https://superuser.com/questions/813170/unable-to-launch-gnome-session-session-ubuntu-x-session



    I went to terminal more with ctrl+alt+f1 and reinstall ubuntu-gnome-desktop. It complained that it could not download ubuntu-release-manager update-manager, and update-notifier, but wasn't going to install them. When I tried sudo apt-get install update-notifier it told me to download update-notifier-common; when I tried doing that is told me I was missing gcr, debconf, default-dbus-session-dbus, dbus-session-dbus, and more. But, when I tried installing these it said they were already up to date.



    Then my laptop ran out of power. When I turned it back on I realized it could not connect to the internet.



    I just got my laptop two months ago, every thing I care about is backed up on github/google, I just really need to be able to use if for school. Its on ubuntu 16.04 lts.










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      I don't know how it happened, but when I restarted my laptop I got an error saying:
      Xsession: unable to launch "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" X session --- "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" not found; falling back to default session



      I then found this post:



      https://superuser.com/questions/813170/unable-to-launch-gnome-session-session-ubuntu-x-session



      I went to terminal more with ctrl+alt+f1 and reinstall ubuntu-gnome-desktop. It complained that it could not download ubuntu-release-manager update-manager, and update-notifier, but wasn't going to install them. When I tried sudo apt-get install update-notifier it told me to download update-notifier-common; when I tried doing that is told me I was missing gcr, debconf, default-dbus-session-dbus, dbus-session-dbus, and more. But, when I tried installing these it said they were already up to date.



      Then my laptop ran out of power. When I turned it back on I realized it could not connect to the internet.



      I just got my laptop two months ago, every thing I care about is backed up on github/google, I just really need to be able to use if for school. Its on ubuntu 16.04 lts.










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      I don't know how it happened, but when I restarted my laptop I got an error saying:
      Xsession: unable to launch "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" X session --- "gnome-session --session=ubuntu" not found; falling back to default session



      I then found this post:



      https://superuser.com/questions/813170/unable-to-launch-gnome-session-session-ubuntu-x-session



      I went to terminal more with ctrl+alt+f1 and reinstall ubuntu-gnome-desktop. It complained that it could not download ubuntu-release-manager update-manager, and update-notifier, but wasn't going to install them. When I tried sudo apt-get install update-notifier it told me to download update-notifier-common; when I tried doing that is told me I was missing gcr, debconf, default-dbus-session-dbus, dbus-session-dbus, and more. But, when I tried installing these it said they were already up to date.



      Then my laptop ran out of power. When I turned it back on I realized it could not connect to the internet.



      I just got my laptop two months ago, every thing I care about is backed up on github/google, I just really need to be able to use if for school. Its on ubuntu 16.04 lts.







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