Recently I have had a problem with Mandriva 2005 LE 10.2. I tried to install a new CPU but the CPU was bad so I put the old one back in. Since then I am unable to startx as a user. X works fine as ROOT, what is up with that? I have been through the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and there are not any errors. The only thing I see when trying to startx as a user is.... It starts to load (I see the blue colored screen) and then it crashes. I am using an nVidia card and have tried the nVidia driver as well as the Mandriva nVidia kernel with the same results.


Please help

Thanks everyone

go to an init 3, startx as user, note the errors.

I always start in init 3 level. I do not get any errors, the only thing I get is: 'using vt7'.
I am using the nVidia driver 7174 but I have also tried the nvidia 7174 kernel as well as
the default nv driver with the same result in all.

hrmm...
VT7 sounds right.. no errors? odd.
I was expecting it to complain about a fubar-ed file.

I would have suggested unistalling xorg, or whatever, and reinstalling it, but there's not enough info for me to be much help.
starting at init 3 bypasses the login proggy, so it's not that, might be x, or kde, or ...

If you're using kde, you could try renaming ~/.kde, or it's equivelent.
You might want to start a new account, and xfer your files.

Since root works, 90% chance it's something in /home/USERNAME/ that got fubar-ed.

I was able to create a new user account and transfer the files over. That fixed the problem.

Thank you for your assitance