On 11/07/2016 12:17 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I ran into this problem once before. There was an entry in one of the >> /etc/pam.d files that was causing me grief. Don't remember what it >> was. dmesg might have some clues as to what pam module(s) is/are not >> allowing the authentication to go through. Have you tried su'ing to >> root and running synaptic-pkexec? >> > That also fails as root can't open a display. > >> Cheers, >> Mark > Backatcha :) > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
What happens if you try to run startx logged in as root? Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
