On Wed 12 Jun 2013 at 09:18:28 +1000, Nick Croft wrote: > I installed Wheezy a couple of days ago. Everything went fine. No glitches. > Sound, wifi, mail, ssh, X -- all good. > > i kept the machine running for continuously while getting everything in place. > > On the first reboot, my main user is unable to startx, while root > surprisingly can. > I've just added another user, who can also startx.
You are using the startx command to start X? Assuming your 'getting everything in place' did not alter the system's X I'd be thinking in terms of something in the first user's $HOME. You could move anything X related out of the way; .Xauthority. .xession etc. > I've had something like this is the past. My solution then was to move > the main user's > files to another user, deluser the main user, adduser again, and > return the files. > > I'm reluctant to go through that procedure again, there should be a > better way. Besides > there are 30G of files here. The past is the past; it is not just political and social history which does not repeat itself. But you could try the technique again. :) > The Xorg.0.log isn't giving me enough of a clue, tthe only errors are (==) : The last two lines below are normal. You could consider sending the complete log of a failure in starting X. > [ 6557.918] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default > setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > [ 6557.919] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Jun 12 > 08:44:35 2013 > [ 6557.919] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > [ 6557.919] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130612144540.GH11739@desktop
