Re: Can't login... need help

From: Paul Ravish (pravish_at_appleaid.com)
Date: 11/28/05

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To: Antony Gelberg <antony@wayforth.co.uk>

    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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