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Re: graphic login failure



"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca> wrote:

> > Just did a dist-upgrade from woody, helixcode and kde2.
> > 
> > login as root fails, but can 'su', 'su - root' from terminal.
> 
>     Check the startup procedure for startx. Look for a $HOME/.xsession file in
> the home directory, that gets run if it's there. You mention that it's root,
> does that mean that it's not other users having the problem? I suspect
> .xsession then. 

I'm having the same problem.  Can't login as root ('login failed') but I can login as user
but root does not have an .xsession file.  Can get in to KDE2 via a console.

Barry Samuels



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