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Re: X won't log in (was Re: Xpmac can't find font 'fixed')



>  I turned authorization off as you said, and now I get a
> cooler-looking login screen, along with a little output-only console in
> the bottom right.  When I enter my name/pass, the console prints "(xdm)
> session opened by uid" and the rest is cut off at the edge of the
> screen.  The screen flickers, goes out, and then comes back with the
> login screen again with the message "(xdm) session closed for user
> steven" in the little console thingy.
> ...
> Doesn't look too bad this time, except for the PEX font.  What else
> could stop me from logging 

OK. So the font problem, I don't know. But for logging in, there should be a 
file in your home directory called .xsession-errors. What is in that file? It 
should show what has caused you to have to log out.

Frank



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