Re: Ordinary user account can't log in

[Liam Proven <lproven%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 at 17:02, Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost> wrote:

> startx and xdm (if that is your graphical login screen) use different
> session startup scripts. startx uses ~/.xinitrc and xdm uses ~/.xsession
> (actually it is even run from /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession).  I usually link
> one to the other but maybe you have not.
>
> So it seems that Xsession or ~/.xsession fails for you.
>
> Other graphical login screens might use a different startup script,
> probably not even located in your $HOME.
>
> Hopefully this helps with narrowing down the fault.

Thanks -- that sounds promising. I will check when I can.


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