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Titel: xfce4 only runs as root
 Verfasst am: 21.08.2006, 09:15 Uhr
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Hello all, installed xfce4 but I can only log in as root. xfce4 goes back to the kdm login if I try to log in as normal user. Any suggestions? tia.
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Titel: RE: xfce4 only runs as root
Verfasst am: 21.08.2006, 11:01 Uhr
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Titel: RE: xfce4 only runs as root
Verfasst am: 21.08.2006, 12:51 Uhr
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Verfasst am: 22.08.2006, 10:49 Uhr
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Thanks for your input piper.
I tried your suggestion to purge, remove xfce4. Then apt-get update, apt-get install xfce4 but to no avail. Perhaps I should try removing anything with xfce... say using k package and start again. What annoys me is that I have xfce running on another box with no probs.
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Verfasst am: 22.08.2006, 11:09 Uhr
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| Hi Laurie, yes give that a try, post back with the results, even google is not that helpful with this one, I use xfce myself, but use kde more and havent seen this problem myself yet. |
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h2's d-u script
h2's rdiff-backup script
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Verfasst am: 22.08.2006, 15:37 Uhr
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| Nor I. Using xfce in kanotix and a pure debian install. With kdm and gdm. No problems. Seems like a permissions problem. Have you tried setting up a new user and see if you can use xfce there? |
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Verfasst am: 24.08.2006, 11:32 Uhr
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| Thanks stryder, you are right on the money. I set up a new user and can start xfce for that user. So I guess this is a permissions prob. Not sure where to start to fix up the normal user, would appreciate any suggestions. |
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Verfasst am: 24.08.2006, 16:17 Uhr
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| as root, chown -R user:user /home/user will reset everything in your home to user. If this doesn't work, try moving the .config folder in your home, eg mv /home/user/.config /home/user/oldconfig. This folder contains all your xfce settings. Moving it will allow xfce to create a fresh set of default settings. Hope this helps. |
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Verfasst am: 25.08.2006, 10:50 Uhr
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| All fixed. Moving .config did the trick. Thanks for your help stryder. |
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Verfasst am: 25.08.2006, 13:51 Uhr
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You're welcome!  |
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