Re: User Can Not Log In

From	Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: User Can Not Log In
Date	2017-02-25 03:20 +0100
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Michael wrote:

"You say that you can log in as
root....question: does the root login take you to a graphical desktop??"

Yes, it does. There is a menu icon in the upper left which offers:
  
Default Xsession
Fvwm
Xfce Session

I pick Xfce, but if I pick Fvwm. I get a desktop similar to Xfce and 
that may be the smoking gun. The Xfce desktop has 4 workspaces. The Fvwm 
desktop has 3 rows of 12 workspaces IIRC.

"Were it my system, I would simply delete all hidden files in
/home/<user> with the command rm -r /home/<user>/.*, however, a very
reasonable first gambit would be to rm -r /home/<user>/.config, and then
the more comprehensive rm -r /home/<user>/.*.  In either case, you lose
not actual data, just configuration/setup/preference information that
has to be re-done."

In my case, .mozilla and .icedove were essential so that bookmarks and saved emails could be preserved.

  - Dan

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Re: User Can Not Log In Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2017-02-25 02:40 +0100
  Re: User Can Not Log In Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-02-25 03:20 +0100

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