Mr. Anderson, can you login to the command line? If so, you could check the file .xsession-errors in your home directory.
You can also switch with "Bob" to Xfce for testing purposes. If you can't resolve it, backup your data from /home/bob and empty the directory (start with a clean profile). Regards, Christian On 2022-02-18 18:15 UTC+0100, Thomas Anderson wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I have Debian 9, I know I need to upgrade my dist, will do that tonight > or tomorrow =) > > Last week, I made a new user say "Sally." > > Previously, for years, my main user "Bob" was running perfectly with a > gnome desktop. > > Recently, I realized, I cannot login to Bob anymore?!? > > The login screen loads as expect, i type in my credentials for Bob, the > screen goes black, then I end > > up at the login screen again?!? > > Sally can login. Sally happens to have a Xfce. > > I checked that there were no root owned files on Bob. There are none, > since I read that could be a cause. > > Is there a log file I can check for login errors? > > Thanks > -- http://www.cb-fraggle.de
