Re: user x login fails
I have this problem.
ls -l / |grep tmp
Just to let you know that the /tmp should have also the sticky bit, even
more if your system is a multiuser system.
chmod 1777 /tmp
will fixed it.
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 2004-06-20 09:02 tmp
On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 16:50:15 -0700, Tadek <tadek@telus.net> wrote:
>
> (sorry for double posting but my initial post in lists.debian.org was
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> posting)
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I encountered following problem (using debian sarge):
> - after installing k3b (apt-get), opera (dpkg from opera for sarge)
> and adobe reader in this order, I can not x login as ordinary user; I
> can still X login as a root; kde and gnome behave the same. When I
> enter user name and password in x client login dialog, screen blanks
> for second or two, X grey screen appears with X cursor and login
> dialog appears again.
>
> - in addition if I after successful login as root and starting kde session,
> I cannot close kde shell konsole; windows stays on but shell console is
> dead;
>
> I tried:
> - removed file /home/xxx/.kde
> - removed k3b and opera
> - upgraded installed packages
> - reinstalled k3b and opera
>
> I am relatively new to linux and very new to debian distribution. Any help
> and/or pointers will be
> appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Tad
>
>
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