| Ben Love on 28 Oct 2009 09:37:50 -0700 |
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* Jeff Bailey (skydiver38@verizon.net) wrote: > I still get the same issue - root can log in and get a desktop, but my > user can't. I get a graphical login prompt and can log in, but when > it switches to the desktop, it just goes black. This sounds like something is definitely wrong with your user. Try creating a new (non-privileged) user, to make sure its not a permissions thing. Assuming that works, I would try checking how gnome is being started. It's usually in a file that has "xinit" in the name (.xinit, xinitrc, etc). You might also check ~/.xsession-errors for any error messages. If you have an ~/.xsession, that's probably where the issue lies. Clear it out and put only "exec bash" in it. Then X should start with bash as your "window manager". (Obviously, this won't be a long term solution.) If that works, and you had an ~/.xsession before, trying removing that file and restart X. IOW, try to trace through exactly what's being called as X starts (start with "which startx"). Eventually you should find something that doesn't seem right. Ben -- Ben Love blove+signature (at) kylimar.com || ASCII ribbon campaign - () http://www.kylimar.com/ || against HTML e-mail - /\ Attachment:
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