On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 03:24, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote:
> While compiling an application today my Debian bullseye system somehow > got messed up. It will boot to a CLI but no X, apparently because for > some reason the system is unable to access some files in > /usr/share/dbus-1. It keeps saying access denied. The directories and > files are owned by root, and if I noot to a CLI I have no trouble > accessing them using sudo and midnight commander. > I tried reinstalling systemd but it ended with the same problem. > Can anyone help? 1. Restore your operating system backup, or do a fresh install of Debian, perhaps in a virtual machine. 2. Repeat the steps that caused the problem, using 'script' to capture all the commands and their output. 3. Post the 'script' capture here, or in a pastebin if it is too big for email. 4. Restore your operating system backup, or do a fresh install of Debian. 5. Restore your data backup.