Hi Antony,
I logged in as root and typed "startx". This seemed to work as it
took me to roots desktop.
When I logged in as me (paul) and I typed "startx" I received the
error message
xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/paul/.Xauthority
Any ideas?
Thanks,
--Paul
On Nov 28, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Antony Gelberg wrote:
Paul Ravish wrote:
Hi All,
I'm kinda a newbie to Linux, and I think messed something up. I can't
login through the gnome desktop manager anymore. I used to be able to
login and I can login under a different account on the system. I do
have several error log files, but I don't really know where to
start in
fixing things.
So here is what happens.
The Gnome Desktop Manager login dialog comes up. I type in my
name and
hit OK. Then I type in my password and hit OK. It seems like it's
trying to log me in at this time but then just comes back to the
login
prompt.
In /tmp there is a file called xses-paul.QrE84n. Inside it looks like
xrdb gives and error message of "No such file or directory" and
"Can't
open display ':0'.
Any suggestions to fix this problem would be appreciated.
I would start by hitting ctrl-alt-f2 to get a proper login screen.
Login with your username and password. If you get in, type startx at
the prompt. Report back.
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