Re: X gets killed immediately after successful graphical logon

[John Allen <john.allen@dublinux.net>]

Uwe Dippel wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Andrew Reid <reidac@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>   
> > > I wonder how to debug this further ...?
> > >       
> >  If you are logging in successfully, then error messages are
> > being sent to the ".xsession-errors" file in your home directory --
> > check there for more clues.
> >     
>
> It is empty:
>
> % ls -ltra
> [...]
> -rw-------  1 udippel udippel        0 2008-05-15 10:39 .xsession-errors
> -rw-------  1 udippel udippel      245 2008-05-15 10:39 .Xauthority
>
>   
> >  Also, the default start-up runs the ".xsession" file in your
> > home directory, if it exists and has appropriate permissions.
> > Try removing/renaming that.
> >     
>
> No change, I deleted it. It contained:
>
> exec esd &
> exec /usr/bin/startxfce4
>
> I also created a new user, and she experiences the same problem.
> -rw------- 1 testo testo    0 2008-05-15 10:43 .xsession-errors
>
> What else could I do?
>
>   
stop the login manager
login at the console
# X&
# export DISPLAY=:0.0
# xterm

now switch to the X display (Alt+F8 probably)
move cursor to the xterm, and
# /usr/bin/startxfce4

now see what happens.

If X crashes, the XFCE is crashing X, if not you should see some nice 
XFCE problems.
> Uwe
>
>
>   


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