On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:26:26 -0500 "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> RickS wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I cannot login as my normal user to any window manager or even at > > init 3 but > > if I su to ricks > > > > [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ricks]$ su ricks > > [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ ll > > > > it will let me login but running an app ... > > > > [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ sylpheed > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > > > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 > > > > or even this > > [bash 09:40 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ opera > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: No protocol specified > > > > opera: cannot connect to X server :0 > > > > > > Any ideas how to fix this ? > > > > > > RickS > > > > It sounds like you have two seperate problems here. I'll take a > > stab at > > the easy one first. If you are starting X as root, you > > will not be able > > to run X programs as a normal user. Thx .. makes sense to me 8) > > Now, as for not being able to log in as a normal user, if would be > helpfull to know what kind of error message. Without that, the only > thing I can think of is to check /etc, and see if there is a "nologin" > file. This > file is normaly created when you use shutdown with a delay > time, and prevents > normal users from logging in. If this file is > still there for some reasion, > deleting it will allow normal logins > again. > > Mikkel thx Mikkel, There wasnt a nologin file in /etc .. and I can't find any error messages .. ?? or nothing in the logs .. I reboot and autologin doesn't work so it dumps back to login and thats where I would login to root. I also added a user that can access and start kde or fluxbox with no problems ... jus not sure where to look anymore ? RickS
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