Re: Can't login... need help

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Paul Ravish wrote:

> Hi Antony,
>
> I logged in as root and typed "startx". This seemed to work as it  
> took me to roots desktop.
>
> When I logged in as me (paul) and I typed "startx" I received the  
> error message
>
> xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/paul/.Xauthority

"rm /home/paul/.Xauthority"

then try again.

--
Kent