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

[Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>]

On 16:06 Tue 25 Aug     , Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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.
> 

i had tried that and it did not work.
i was looking for the options of X itself...