Re: user x login fails
chmod 1777 /tmp
will fixed it.
On 20 Jun 2004 06:53:42 -0700, Tadek <tadek@telus.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Kent,
> Thank you for quick reply. My answers are embedded.
> Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote in message news:<29348-JG-1@gated-at.bofh.it>...
> > Tadek wrote:
> >
> > >(sorry for double posting but my initial post in lists.debian.org was
> > >rejected since I had to
> > >subscribe first and after I did 2nd email address was given to me for
> > >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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Shell out of the graphical login manager (Ctrl-Alt-F2 should do it) and
> > log in as a normal user there. Then shut down your login manager (with
> > something like "sudo /etc/init.d/kdm stop", replacing "sudo" with
> > whatever method you use to perform this function as root, and replacing
> > "kdm" with the name of whatever login manager you're using, almost
> > certainly kdm, wdm, gdm or xdm). Then try starting X with "startx" (as
> > the normal user).
> Error output:
>
> /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temp file for here
> document: Permission denied
> /usr/bin/X11/startx: line 132: cannot create temp file for here
> document: Permission denied
>
> X: unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
> X: user not authorized to run the X server, aborting.
> giving up.
> xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X
> server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): unexpected signal 2.
>
> >
> > Does it work?
> > Yes - then something's wrong with the login manager's setup.
> > No - then try creating a "~/.xinitrc" file and putting the single line
> > of "icewm" in it, and make sure icewm is installed (sudo apt-get install
> > icewm). Now try "startx".
>
> Doesn't work. Same error output as above. BTW what does icewm do?
> >
> > Does it work?
> > Yes - then something is wrong with your normal window manager / desktop
> > environment (KDE)?
> > No - then something's wrong with X itself.
> >
> I noticed earlier that Xwrapper.config was missing (I found posted
> message with reference to this file).
>
>
>
> > Let us know the results, and we'll go from there.
> >
> > --
> > Kent
>
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