Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?

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Subject: Re: x won't start as a particular user. for other users works fine. what file is causing it? how to troubleshoot?
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:06:53 -0500
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On 2009-08-25 15:58, Mitchell Laks wrote:

On 19:20 Mon 24 Aug     , Ron Johnson wrote:

startx or gdm?


i shut off gdm and am working with startx at the command line.
:)


Good for you!

Have you tried "startx -- -v"?  It might not work, but couldn't hurt.

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