[NCLUG] cant log in - run x anymore!!

[Daniel Miles]

...it automatically keeps a lot in /var/log/XFree86.log


On Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:12:19 -0700
"Crawford Rainwater" <crawford.rainwater at itec-co.com> wrote:

> When you startx again, pipe it to a log file
> and see what crashed during startx loading up.
> This will help with the diagnostics a bit.
> 
> And for clarification, I presume you mean X
> boots you out completely (at least the user
> logged in starting X) and back to a login prompt
> or just boots you out of X to a command line
> prompt?
> 
> --- Crawford
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> > Subject: Re: [NCLUG] cant log in - run x anymore!!
> > 
> > 
> > hi!
> > help!
> > 
> > When I try to log into Debian via Gnome desktop manager,
> > i enter username, and password, and it starts to 
> > try to run x, but then fails and returns me to login screen!
> > I can alt-f2 and log in as root and look around, 
> > but dont know what problem is...
> > however, last night I was trying to add a partition 
> > so I went into cfdisk and added 5 gigs to end of drive
> > and edited /etc/mtab to include identical entry with 
> > /dev/hda10 set to /music
> > sugguestions?  
> > thanks
> > zil
> > 
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