[ale] Xubuntu 11.10 unable to login via lightdm

[Ted Wood]

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Raj Wurttemberg <rajaw at c64.us> wrote:

> Hey Ted,****
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> Some thoughts to help get you back on-line…  Your X (a.k.a. X.org) could be
> messed up. First thing you can try is rebuilding your xorg.conf file.****
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> Backup the original:****
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> *cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf ~/Desktop/xorg.conf.BACKUP*
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> Create a new one:****
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> *sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg*
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> Next… could be probs in the below files:****
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> •Load sessions from /usr/share/xsessions ****
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> •Store session configuration in ~/.dmrc****
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> Let me know how it goes…   It is very possible the “xsessions” or “.dmrc”
> files are messed up. I can send you mine if needed. Oh, this link might
> help:****
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> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/LightDM/Design****
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> -=Raj=-****
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of *Ted
> Wood
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2011 12:25 AM
> *To:* ale at ale.org
> *Subject:* [ale] Xubuntu 11.10 unable to login via lightdm****
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> It's seemed that recently I've had nothing but crummy luck with my Asus Eee
> netbook. Most recently I'm having an issue logging in via the lightdm login
> manager. When I log in the screen flickers to a black terminal for a moment
> and then I'm booted back to the login prompt again.****
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Thanks for the suggestions Raaj,

It appears that Ubuntu/Xubuntu no longer rely on the xorg.conf file (see my
confusion?). That said I did try to create one using 'dpkg-reconfigure
-phigh xserver-xorg'; it did not appear to make a difference either way.

I think you might be on to something with the ~/.dmrc file though. I've seen
some mention of it in one of the logs I was looking through but didn't think
anything of it (not familiar with what it's used for). The only thing that
baffles me there is that I created an alternate user and tried logging them
in but experienced the same problem there as well. I would assume each user
has it's own .dmrc file, no? If you could send me those files though I'd be
willing to give them a shot. Thanks, as well, for the link I'll be exploring
that later today as well, as time permits.

-- 
Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
Registered GNU/Linux user #413569
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