On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Douglas A. Tutty <
dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:08:07PM -0500, Michael Habashy wrote:
> I get the following error:
>
> Cannot start session due to some internal error.
>
> then i click on ok, i get the following error:
>
> your session lasted less then 10 seconds, this could be due to not enough
> diskspace or some other problems look to .xsession-errors file.. ..but i do
> not htink that sounds right.
>
> If i see the additional error on the screen, i get
> /etc/PreSession/Default: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp
> /etc/PreSession/Default : running /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u
> /var/run/utmp -x
> session_child_run: Could not execute /etc/gdm/Xsession default
>
I'd temporarily stop xdm (I think it will be an initscript but I've
never used a ?dm) which should put you without X running on VT1. Then
log in to a CLI and type /usr/bin/startx. See what happens. If that
works, then you know that xdm is the problem. If not, starx should give
you lots of errors.
Doug.
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