Thanks - I really oddly don't seem to have .xinitrc. Not sure what problems
this could be causing.
Looks like this is the issue I am having:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/758696/cannot-login-into-locked-ubuntu-14-04-session-unity
.xinitrc would be in your home folder.
cd ~/
ls -al | grep .xinitrc
I've given that a go, thanks. I'm still trying to log back on and trisquel is
not accepting my password. I'm wondering if my password files have somehow
been corrupted.
NB. I've just realised that can't be the case, as I can log in after pressing
C Mod F2
I am not sure what to do with xinitrc. I think .xsession is much simpler to
deal with. Just add that file in your home directory with the window manager
of your choice. To start dwm you only need to write dwm in this file.
Cool, thanks.
I seem to have a file called xinitrc with the following line of code:
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)
# invole global X session script
. /etc/X11/Xsession
in /home/usr/etc/X11/xinit
I have a file called Xsession in /home/usr/etc/X11
I've
You may have a backup file of .xinitrc named .xinitrc~
I prefer to login using a window manager though. I think from there you can
set your preferred session through a file called .xsession if you are using
xdm or choosing the session by pressing a certain button for other desktop
I recently installed i3 after having played around with dwm a little. I think
I may have altered the .xinitrc file when doing this (can't remember
precisely!).
I ran startx today after installing i3, which sent me into dwm. Now I find
myself unable to log in at all (when I log in I am
