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traxys

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Registered: 2014-08-25

Posts: 17

User doesnt log on to xfce

Hello,

I have a quite old laptop , so I have put lightweigt things on it like XFCE for the DE or LXDM for the DM , and for the distrib I have put the Arch that I like a lot

So I did all my arch install , then a

useradd traxys
passwd traxys

But when LXDM starts , and the same thing happend with LightDM , I write my password for "traxys" , but the thing that happens is that I get a screen whose color is LXDM's background , then I get back to LXDM home.

So for now I am logged on root (This is hard to say ), because root works just fine , and I would like to know if anyone knows what is happening , and wich fix could I do ?

Last edited by traxys (2014-08-25 21:46:24)

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And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered,
and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age,
and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man.
    -The Karaethon Cycle

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

See the recent news item about xorg 1.16

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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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traxys

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Registered: 2014-08-25

Posts: 17

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

So there is things about launching X as a user , but this doesnt come in line when using a DM , wich I am , and there is fixes and a droped support for dri3 , but I can't imagine where is exactly the problem , neither how to fix it.

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And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered,
and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age,
and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man.
    -The Karaethon Cycle

plat

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 34

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

Did you set up a user ~/.xinitrc file?

traxys

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Registered: 2014-08-25

Posts: 17

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

Yes , with the line

exec startxfce4

, but .xinitrc should be called only on startx and not on DM no ?

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And it shall come to pass that what men made shall be shattered,
and the Shadow shall lie across the Pattern of the Age,
and the Dark One shall once more lay his hand upon the world of man.
    -The Karaethon Cycle

plat

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 34

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

I use slim, and when for example, I try to log in under a user account without the # uncommented for exec startxfce4, it will just return me to the login to reinput username. I can however log into xfce via the root account no matter what. I was thinking that maybe the same thing was happening to you. It took me a few installs to figure it all out...lol

alphaniner

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From: Ancapistan

Registered: 2010-07-12

Posts: 2,810

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

So there is things about launching X as a user , but this doesnt come in line when using a DM

It is my understanding from the news item that using a login manager such as LXDM is precisely the cause of the problem.

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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
-Lysander Spooner

plat

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Registered: 2014-08-08

Posts: 34

Re: User doesnt log on to xfce

Make sure it reads as follows:

 if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

xcompmgr -c&
eval `cat ~/.fehbg`

# exec gnome-session
# exec i3
# exec startkde]
exec startxfce4
# exec openbox-session
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

This is the user copy of ~/.xinitrc. If yours is the same it is probably a different issue.

Last edited by plat (2014-08-26 15:38:53)