[KLUG Members] linux kde recovery help needed
Adam Williams
members@kalamazoolinux.org
01 May 2002 07:48:14 -0400
>My linux box will boot, and I can log on as root, but I cannot login as any
>other user. After login, the kde process starts and runs for a couple of
>seconds and then seems to abort and go back to the login screen. In root I
>can look at and open the other user file directories.
>Can anyone give me some clues as to how to recover from this problem, or
>point me to a web resource that describes the procedure for trying to recover
>from this type of problem?
Look in the users homedir for a file called .xsession-errors, and peep
inside. My wger is you'll find something about .ICEauthority. In which
case nuke "rm -fR .ICE*" in the users homedir. Any chance the time
changed on your PC or the clock went walk-about?