Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)
On 2016-03-09, Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 20:13 -0600, Dennis Wicks wrote:
>> I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the=C2=A0
>> screen goes blank, flashes a few times, then comes right=C2=A0
>> back to the sign in screen. Trying to log on with root does=C2=A0
>> the same thing, even though I am supposed to be able to do it.
>>=20
>> I can logon at terminal screens (ctl-alt-f1 etc) with either=C2=A0
>> my personal userid or as root with no problem.
>>=20
>> In case it makes a difference, Jessie AMD64
>>=20
>> Many TIA!!
>> Dennis
>>=20
>
> The display manager is most likely crashing. You need to examine logs
> and figure out why.
I would say that the user's X session is crashing, not the display
manager. Assuming a default jessie setup , the command
journalctl /usr/bin/gnome-session
(run as root) might yield some useful diagnostic information. The file
/var/log/Xorg.0.log might be helpful too.
--
Liam
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