cannot login to kdm as non-root

wkwireless · 06-16-2006, 01:09 AM

Hi,

I have checked thro' the archive and found a couple of similar questions but no answer. That was sometimes ago. More knowledge should have been acquired by more people by now. So I will pose the question again.

I am using Debian Etch, kenrel 2.6.15 and kde3.5. After the last apt-get upgrade, I cannot login to kdm as non-root. After a while, it loops back to the login screen.

Hope I will have better luck than those previous questioners on this topic.

wkwireless

Samotnik · 06-16-2006, 01:22 AM

Did you tried to login in a console, then making startx? If it failed, what message did it send.

wkwireless · 06-16-2006, 04:07 AM

When I login via console and run startx, I get the following:

xauth: creating new authority file ...

Fatal server error:
server is already active on display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove
/tmp/.X0-lock and start again

Hope this helps.

wkwireless

binary_y2k2 · 06-16-2006, 05:19 AM

try running
startx -- :1
insted of just startx

Samotnik · 06-19-2006, 06:11 AM

First, check, is there any user except the root.
Then, in Etch, x-server starts from the second level, and system boots in second level by default. Try to remove x-server startup links from /etc/rc.2 to /etc/rc.4 directories, reboot, then make startx.