I did: useradd -d/home/foo -m foo passwd foo /etc/init.d/xdm start same problem for both foo and old users. same with kdm, including picking another default WM (like flux box or ICEwm) from user console: startx jumps to X screen (grey with X cursor) then kicks back out to console says (at the end of long list of messages about Debian modified XFree86) "Waiting for X server to shut down" then back to prompt. also "cat /home/foo/.xsession-errors" returns "mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied" from root! what's up with that? thanks again. A Rakotomandimby (R12y) Mihamina wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 10:27 -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:Any help is appreciated.does it happen for fresh new users too? try to add a "foo" user to test and report. |