Re: GDM does not start anymore

On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 13:07 -0800, Camuzat Sebastien wrote:
> Hi everyone !
>
> I do not understand why my GDM does not start anymore
> :
> "GDM cannot write in your authorization file" is said.
> And I cannot log in. When I try to log on another
> account, same message.
>
> This has occured after having upgraded from ubuntu to
> xubuntu. Context : I was in an XFCE session of my
> ubuntu, and made apt-dist upgrade. After reboot,
> xubuntu was launched but login impossible.

Log in at a text console. check the file ~/.Xauthority is owned by you
(ls -l ~/.Xauthority). If it is owned by root, remove it.

Repeat for each user
>
>
> Any advice ?
> Seb
>
>
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