If your system is shut off, then try booting into runlevel 1 by hitting
cntrl-x at the graphic boot-up window and typing "linux 1" at the boot
prompt.
As root, type "startx 2>&1 | cat > /tmp/X.log"
The file that is created in /tmp/X.log should indicate what's going wrong
with your X session.
------Original Message------
From: Malte Cornils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: January 5, 2001 3:51:10 PM GMT
Subject: Re: [SLU] GDM hiccups at login
TODD WITTER wrote:
> I type in root (or whoever) and then the password and it seems to
> start up but then skips back to a fresh login screen.
What exactly happens? Is the window manager started? What happens
when you select fail-safe mode?
Anyway, try to check whether the file
/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
has
allowed_users=console
in it, otherwise modify it. It might help for your non-root users.
Why root can't login, I don't know, but maybe gdm stops root from
doing this (since no one should be using X as root :-))
However, this probably doesn't help you :-(
Yours Malte #8-)
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