Re: Can't login... need help

From: Antony Gelberg (antony_at_wayforth.co.uk)
Date: 11/28/05

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    Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:37:10 +0000
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    Paul Ravish wrote:
    > 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?

    Please don't cc me, I read the list. Don't run X as root.

    I suspect the above error comes from the running gdm. So as root,
    /etc/init.d/gdm stop. ps ax |grep gdm to ensure that it's dead. Then
    try the startx again. Are you running sarge? 

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