Re: Can't login... need help

[Paul Ravish <pravish@appleaid.com>]

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

Any ideas?

Thanks,

 --Paul


On Nov 28, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Antony Gelberg wrote:

> Paul Ravish wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm kinda a newbie to Linux, and I think messed something up. I can't
> > login through the gnome desktop manager anymore. I used to be able to
> > login and I can login under a different account on the system. I do
> > have several error log files, but I don't really know where to  
> > start  in
> > fixing things.
> >
> > So here is what happens.
> >
> > The Gnome Desktop Manager login dialog comes up. I type in my  
> > name  and
> > hit OK. Then I type in my password and hit OK. It seems like it's
> > trying to log me in at this time but then just comes back to the   
> > login
> > prompt.
> >
> > In /tmp there is a file called xses-paul.QrE84n. Inside it looks like
> > xrdb gives and error message of "No such file or directory" and   
> > "Can't
> > open display ':0'.
> >
> > Any suggestions to fix this problem would be appreciated.
>
> I would start by hitting ctrl-alt-f2 to get a proper login screen.
> Login with your username and password.  If you get in, type startx at
> the prompt.  Report back.
>
>
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