on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 11:52:57AM +0800, Tim&Pep (amugbmug@pacific.net.ph) wrote: > First: my apologies to kmself. I guess I didn't realize I was sending to > > you rather than the list. I hope I haven't used up your good will. Of _course_ not. ....*that* happened a long time ago.... Rick Moen's got a good primer on netiquette and why off-list followups are considered poor form, which I subscribe to. Find it through Google. > Second: > > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > on Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 11:02:08PM +0800, Tim&Pep > (amugbmug@pacific.net.ph) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm a Debian newbie. I have just used apt-get to upgrade my system > > > and now I can't seem to log in at all under X. I can login on one > > > of the > > > > other virtual terminals (or whatever you call that when you press > > > ctrl-alt F6). What have I done? Can I fix it? Thanks. > > > > Describe your system, actions, and responses in more detail. > > > > How are you starting X? What display manager (if any) are you > > using? How does it respond: login denied, X restarts, system > > crash? What happens when you start X from the command line? What's > > in your xsession-errors log? > > > > Hi, > > okay to answer your questions, first xdm starts up upon booting. I recommend *strongly* against this. Particularly if it's causing problems. http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html > I get a login screen with spaces for user name and password. Meaning: X starts successfully. > I can type in the information and the computer appears to accept the > information, goes black for a second or two as though it's about to > show me my desktop, and then suddenly the login screen simply > reappears again. A problem. > Another responder to my help request told me how to turn the xserver > off > > from the command line and restart it. This works just fine, although I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This, to me, is the majik phrase. If it works, use it. See linked article above. > was surprised to find that fvwm95 had been replaced with afterstep for > some reason. Check /etc/alternatives/x-window-mangager. For more info, man update-alternatives. You can also configure your system X client startup in /etc/X11/XSession or your personal startup in ~/.xinitrc. > As for the .xsession-errors file, to try to answer that question, I > booted once, cleaned out the file, rebooted and attempted to login as > described above once and then checked .xsession-errors after login in > at the command line. This is what I found there: > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xrdb: Can't open display ':0' > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the > root user. > The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely > formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message > by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit > on the executable. > xterm Xt error: Can't open display: %s > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > AfterStep: can't open display :0 > > It looks like Xlib is the main problem. Is it a permissions thing? Do you have an .Xauthority file? > Thanks very much > for your help. > > Tim > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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