Re: gdm login

[Gudmundur Erlingsson <g_erlingsson@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

I had a similar problem once, and that seemed to be an Xauthority problem.
Did you use xdm to login before installing gdm? If so, did it work fine? If
it worked fine, then the problem lies somewhere else. If you didn't use xdm
before, try to start X and run some app from an xterm window, like:

$ emacs 

If it complains that you don't have access to the display and
refuses to start the app, than it's obviously a problem with Xauthority, and
has to do with your .Xauthority file. If this is the problem, then I'm sorry
to say that I don't remember how I solved it (it was a while ago:-), but I'm
sure someone on the list can help. If this is not the problem, I'm afraid I
can't help.

adios,

Gudmundur

On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 11:07:42PM -0600, Benjamin Pharr wrote:
> I just did a fresh install of woody and ximian gnome on my 
> laptop.  Everything seems to be working fine, but when I try to login using 
> gdm it goes black like it's going into X and then goes right back to 
> gdm.  No errors of any kind appear.  I've checked all the logs including 
> the .xsession-errors in my home directory.  I can switch to a virtual 
> console and log in just fine.  Any ideas on what the problem might be?  Thanks!
> 
> Ben Pharr
>   
> 
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