There is .xinitrc, which I posted earlier. I have since commented out the entire contents of it:
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# dbus-launch --exit-with-session startxfce4 Code:
As per @business_kid 's request, here are the last ~40 lines of /var/log/Xorg.0.log . There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary here: Code:
[ 405.031] (**) PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse: always reports core events |
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Yes, I terminated X myself by hitting "enter" on the button on the popup. Is it possible that the file I have included (~/.xfce/xinitrc_1) is causing problems?
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Why? Were you root or luser? Inform us of everything relevant unless you no longer want to fix this.
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Ever since ondoho told me to do so, I have been doing everything as a normal user (non-root).
Should I try creating a new user in case I had previously messed something up as root? |
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It does, however, point out possible permission issues, which could well come from you starting Xorg as root.
Failing that, create a new user and try from scratch. |
36 posts, and no nearer a solution. May I suggest 2.
1. Reinstall. 2. Modify the OP or at least change his habits to try all suggestions offered, return all information asked for when being helped by people of experience. |
Sorry for the delay, I just finished my exams.
I looked at the permissions in my home directory (ls -la), and everything was owned by the user vr and the group vr. There was one exception (.xinitrc): it was owned by the user vr and the group root. I changed its ownership to vr:vr. Even everything in the subdirectories were owned by vr:vr. After changing the ownership of .xinitrc (all of the contents of which are commented out), I tried running startxfce4, but nothing seemed to change. I also found 2 files in the home directory named .Xauthority and .ICEauthority. Both of them were blank, I'm not sure if this is supposed to be the case. I'll paste the output of ls -la in my next post. Thanks |
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