[Ma-linux] Please Help: Ubuntu Graphical Login Fails

[Keith Bennett]

Greg -

I tried this, but had the same problem.  I wasn't sure if I did
everything right, though, so I didn't mention it.  Here's what I did:

useradd kbennett3
passwd kbennett3
mkdir /home/kbennett3
groupadd kbennett3
chown kbennett3:kbennett3 /home/kbennett3
[Then try to log in to graphical login as kbennett3.]

No joy, though.  Same problem.

However, there is an .xsession-errors file in the kbennett3 home
directory. It says:

Xsession: X session started for kbennett3 at [date/time]
open: Permission denied

What does this mean?

Thanks,
Keith


On 1/12/07, Greg Wilson <greg at mbwpartners.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 16:24 -0500, Russell Evans wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:30:44 -0500
> > "Keith Bennett" <keithrbennett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > * Checked /var/log/messages.  There are some lines that being with
> > > "(**) RADEON(0): ", but the messages don't look like errors or
> > > even warnings.
> > >
> >
> > There isn't anything wrong with your X setup as you get the login. You
> > probably have a problem in you home directory or /tmp
> >
> >
>
> in addition to these great suggestions, you could also try creating a
> new user from the commandline and logging in as the new user. that
> should help you identify a system-wide vs user-specific problem.
>
> greg
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > Move to a VT with cntl-alt-1 and login. You will need root privileges,
> > now teleinit 3.  Try the startx command to see if you can get into your
> > X environment as a normal user.
> >
> > .
> > If not, with root privileges again, cd to /tmp and remove all
> > files and directories, DO NOT use dot star. remove all the dot files by
> > calling them out. Change directory back to your home directory andtry
> > the startx command as an ordinary user to see if that cleared the issue.
> >
> > If not, change directory to /home and confirm your home directory has
> > the proper permissions. If everything is good then change directory
> > into your hone directory and verify the permissions on your ,kde
> > directory. If everything looks good, move the .kde directory
> > to ,kde-old. Now run startx again. This will cause a new .kde to be
> > created.  I am assuming that kde is the default.
> >
> > If this doesn't work then do the same procedure above with your ,gnome
> > or .grome2 directories.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> > Russell
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ma-linux mailing list
> > Ma-linux at calypso.tux.org
> > http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ma-linux
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ma-linux mailing list
> Ma-linux at calypso.tux.org
> http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ma-linux
>