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

[Will Holcomb]

Are you using a bootloader? Grub or lilo? If so then you just add edit the
kernel parameters as it is booting and add a 3 to the end.

For example, for me running grub,

1. I hit any key to stop the automatic boot process.
2. I hit 'e' to edit the boot command
3. I use the arrow keys to move to the line: "kernel /vmlinuz-
2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet"
4. I hit 'e' to edit the command
5. I add ' 3' to the end (note the space)
6. I hit 'b' to boot the system
7. The system will now boot into runlevel 3 (which is what you were trying
to do with telinit 3) and xdm won't start

On 1/12/07, Keith Bennett <keithrbennett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Russell -
>
> I have not been able to suppress the automatic startup of X again any
> time I kill it.  I tried telinit 3, but it still complained that X was
> already running.  Thinking that maybe telinit 3 would suppress X's
> automatic restart, I killed X, but it started up again.  So I can't do
> any of the startx stuff because X is already running.  What should I
> do?
>
> Also, I'm not sure what the correct permissions are.  When I do: ls
> -ld /home/kbennett, I get "drwxr-xr-x" as the permission string.  For
> ~/.kde, I get "drwx------".
>
> I followed your instructions to completely wipe out /tmp and ~/.kde,
> but got the same problem.
>
> - Keith
>
>
> On 1/12/07, Russell Evans <russell-evans at qwest.net> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
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