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Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7)

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On 03/08/2016 08:13 PM, Dennis Wicks wrote:
> I fill in user-id and password, click "Sign In" and the screen goes 
> blank, flashes a few times, then comes right back to the sign in 
> screen. Trying to log on with root does the same thing, even though I 
> am supposed to be able to do it.
>
> I can logon at terminal screens (ctl-alt-f1 etc) with either my 
> personal userid or as root with no problem.
>
> In case it makes a difference, Jessie AMD64
>
> Many TIA!!
> Dennis
>
I have had similar situation before.  I can't say that this is a good 
much less the best way to deal with it, but what I ended up doing is 
deleting all of the configuration files stored in the home directories 
of the affected users.  (anything starting with .)  Once this was done, 
the desktop environment was forced to re-create new configuration 
files.  This problem, in my experience is due to something in one of the 
configuration files that was corrupted.  In your situation, as it 
affects more than one user, this may not work as it it probable that the 
problem is in a global configuration in the /etc directory.  Hopefully, 
someone with more experience will answer and give you a better pointer 
to exactly which files to look at.

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Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2016-03-09 03:20 +0100
  Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 03:30 +0100
  Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-09 04:40 +0100
    Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 05:20 +0100
  Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-09 10:00 +0100
    Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-09 10:50 +0100
      Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2016-03-10 06:10 +0100
        Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 18:00 +0100
        Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 00:30 +0100
    Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 10:50 +0100
  Re: Help -- Can't logon at GUI session (ctl-alt-F7) Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 00:30 +0100

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