Re: Can't start xsession, help
Sergey Avvakumov wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have the following problem - after "successful"
> login in the xdm login window xdm starts xsession
> but it immediately terminates and I see xdm welcome
> again. I'm running Debian linux, installed less
> than month ago from one of mirror-debian ftp sites.
> I was trying to set up PPP with dynamic IP address,
> and for some stupid reason commented out line in
> /etc/hosts with name of my PC and it's IP
> address and then rebooted it. After doing it I can't
> start xsession. Actually X starts executing /etc/X11/Xsession
> file - I can see root window color, which is
> set up from there, for a second, but it won't open xterminals
> and quits. I guess X now considers computer as
> a "foreign" host, and it's host-control terminates the
> session. But then I logged in from alt console and
> edited /etc/hosts file back as it was, but X behaves
> the same way, terminates 1 second after starting.
> Could anybody help with this?
>
Check for a file called .xsession-errors in your home directory.
Error messages generated when you run X should go here.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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