[KLUG Members] linux kde recovery help needed

Paul VandenBosch members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 1 May 2002 22:04:44 -0400


I tried to look at .xsession-errors with a text editor, but found nothing in 
it.  I looked around in /var/logs/ but did not see anything that gave me a 
clue as to what is wrong.  (what to look for?)

.ICEauthority shows up nothing when opened with a text editor.

On Wednesday 01 May 2002 07:48 am, you wrote:
> >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?
>
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