Re: Root can startx, main user can't - new Wheezy install
On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 09:18:28 +1000, Nick Croft wrote:
> I installed Wheezy a couple of days ago. Everything went fine. No glitches.
> Sound, wifi, mail, ssh, X -- all good.
>
> i kept the machine running for continuously while getting everything in place.
>
> On the first reboot, my main user is unable to startx, while root
> surprisingly can.
> I've just added another user, who can also startx.
You are using the startx command to start X? Assuming your 'getting
everything in place' did not alter the system's X I'd be thinking in
terms of something in the first user's $HOME. You could move anything X
related out of the way; .Xauthority. .xession etc.
> I've had something like this is the past. My solution then was to move
> the main user's
> files to another user, deluser the main user, adduser again, and
> return the files.
>
> I'm reluctant to go through that procedure again, there should be a
> better way. Besides
> there are 30G of files here.
The past is the past; it is not just political and social history which
does not repeat itself. But you could try the technique again. :)
> The Xorg.0.log isn't giving me enough of a clue, tthe only errors are (==) :
The last two lines below are normal. You could consider sending the
complete log of a failure in starting X.
> [ 6557.918] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> [ 6557.919] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 12
> 08:44:35 2013
> [ 6557.919] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> [ 6557.919] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
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