Karl L wrote:
On Thu, 13 May 2004 07:02:55 -0400
Bob Chiodini <chiodr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 22:49, Karl L wrote:
Comparing the files in the two directories I find that .Xclients is missing from the /root directory so I'm following that lead. I'll look
for information on this to see if it has any significance.
At least this accounts for the difference in treatment of root and
user911 by the X interface. What caused it and how to fix it remains
to be addressed. Any suggestions?
Karl L
Karl,
I do not have a .Xclients file in my /root directory either, and root
does not have a problem logging into X. What's in ~user911/.Xclients?
Exactly what happens when you try to log in to X as root? Does the
screen go blue for a short period and then back to the login dialog?
Anything significant in /var/log/XFree86.0.log?
If you switch to runlevel 3, can you log in as root? If so, what errors
does startx emit? The last few lines of output at the terminal should
be some kind of error message.
As a last resort: While still logged in as root on runlevel 3 delete
all of the hidden (.) files and directories in /tmp. Caveat: I've
never had to do this for root, usually it's a user who cannot login, but
it's worth a try.
Bob...
1. The file .Xclients isn't involved in the problem as you can see from
its contents:
#!/bin/bash
# Created by Red Hat Desktop Switcher
if [ -e "$HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY" ]; then
exec $HOME/.Xclients-$HOSTNAME$DISPLAY
else
exec $HOME/.Xclients-default
fi
I put a copy in /root and the only result was that I got the '10-second'
warning when I tried to login as root, blocking further access.
2. The only warning in XFree86.log is:
WW Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) No such device.
No surprising.
3. Switched to run-level 3 and login as root was normal, further
implicating X in the problem (if there was any doubt by now)
At this point I would work on getting X to work with startx.
From memory (which isn't the greatest) is have typed in
startx 2>xerror
and read the file to see what messages I get here.
Of course after typing in startx, look at the log file.
This is provided in the xfree86 documentation for troubleshooting.
--
Robin Laing
