On 00:36 Tue 25 Aug , Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > look in /tmp or /var/tmp > > delete related files and dirs belonging to the user and restart X. > > they probably killed the pc and it has some lock files around > > it's broken!
I agree that there is some file that is causing the problem, but I think it is in /home/bill rather than in /tmp /var/tmp. I just deleted rm -rf and thing owned my bill in those two driectories and still no solution. Recall that if I change the login directory to /home/bill/temp in /etc/passwd then bill can startx just as any other user can. it is only from the /home/bill that x fails (silently :() thanks, mitchell > > regards > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
