Login Screen Loop
Login Screen Loop
I resized (shrunk) my MX partitions using Gparted live. After that, my machine would boot normally but when I entered my password, it would blank out for a moment and return me to the login prompt. It never said my password was wrong--it just wouldn't let me in. I thought I'd gorked MX and that I'd have to do a clean install. Having nothing to lose I restored the partitions to their original sizes. Now MX lets me login normally. Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: Login Screen Loop
Check the LightDM log for clues.
I would have tried switching to a console screen & using startx to see if that works.
I would have tried switching to a console screen & using startx to see if that works.
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Re: Login Screen Loop
Hello Tarzan,
Check the rights of your files in the home directory, especially .Xauthority. If ~/.Xauthority belongs to root, correct this with chown.
many greetings gosia
Check the rights of your files in the home directory, especially .Xauthority. If ~/.Xauthority belongs to root, correct this with chown.
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sudo chown USER:GROUP .Xauthority
- Head_on_a_Stick
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Re: Login Screen Loop
That should begosia wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 2:52 pm If ~/.Xauthority belongs to root, correct this with chown.Code: Select all
sudo chown USER:GROUP .Xauthority
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sudo chown "${USER}:${USER}" ~/.Xauthority
And anyway the OP could log in again once the partition was re-sized so I don't think file ownership is the problem here.
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Re: Login Screen Loop
Hello Head_on_a_Stick,
You're taking it very well. I had trusted that Tarzan himself would use tarzan:tarzan and do it in his home directory.
But you're absolutely right, it's really better to write it exactly than to trust in knowledge. so thank you very much for the correction.
many greetings gosia
You're taking it very well. I had trusted that Tarzan himself would use tarzan:tarzan and do it in his home directory.
But you're absolutely right, it's really better to write it exactly than to trust in knowledge. so thank you very much for the correction.
Well, Tarzan can try it anyway.Head_on_a_Stick wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2019 3:02 pm And anyway the OP could log in again once the partition was re-sized so I don't think file ownership is the problem here.
many greetings gosia