Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 10 March 2016 05:05:47 Dennis Wicks wrote: > Sven Arvidsson wrote on 03/09/2016 03:46 AM: > > On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:51 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > >> The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine logs > >> and figure out why. > > > > Sorry, X is probably

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 09 March 2016 02:13:46 Dennis Wicks wrote: > In case it makes a difference, Jessie AMD64 And GNOME? (gdm ???3??) Lisi

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Wed, 09 Mar 2016, Dennis Wicks wrote: > Sven Arvidsson wrote on 03/09/2016 03:46 AM: > > On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:51 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > >> The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine > >> logs and figure out why. > > > > Sorry, X is probably crashing! If the

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-09 Thread Dennis Wicks
Sven Arvidsson wrote on 03/09/2016 03:46 AM: On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:51 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine logs and figure out why. Sorry, X is probably crashing! If the display manager was crashing you wouldn't be able to log in :)

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Wed, 2016-03-09 at 09:51 +0100, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine logs > and figure out why. Sorry, X is probably crashing! If the display manager was crashing you wouldn't be able to log in :) -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-09 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2016-03-09, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 20:13 -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: >> I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the=C2=A0 >> screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right=C2=A0 >> back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-09 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 20:13 -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote: > I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the  > screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right  > back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root does  > the same thing, even though I am supposed to be able to do

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-08 Thread Michael Milliman
On 03/08/2016 08:50 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 20:13:46 -0600 Dennis Wicks wrote: I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right back to the

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-08 Thread Charlie Kravetz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 20:13:46 -0600 Dennis Wicks wrote: >I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the >screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right >back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root does

Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

2016-03-08 Thread Michael Milliman
On 03/08/2016 08:13 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote: I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root does the same thing, even though I am supposed to be able to do it. I can