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#1 2021-03-26 04:27:12
- SaturnOfTheStars6728
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Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
I have freshly installed ArchLinux using the ArchWiki today. I am using MWM and decided a new combo for this look would to be to install XDM. Unfortunately, when I login as anything other than root I get stuck in a login loop, and can't proceed to MWM. And even when I do login as root, I have to manually start MWM. In the ~/.xsession file I have input "exec mwm".
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#2 2021-03-26 07:55:07
- seth
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
XDM executes your xinitrc, so please post that.
Also please do not login as root graphically - create a new regular user if you want to try things.
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#3 2021-03-26 22:54:48
- SaturnOfTheStars6728
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
XDM executes your xinitrc, so please post that.
Also please do not login as root graphically - create a new regular user if you want to try things.
Apologizes, but on the XDM login loop I could not get in as anything other than root, logging in as my regular user would bring me back to the login screen. Also, if that is the case, than it is still a problem because I also have "exec mwm" in my ~/.xinitrc file. It works fine using startx, but not with XDM.
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#4 2021-03-27 00:23:12
- loqs
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
Change the default target to boot into to multi-user.target so xdm.service is not started. Then post ~/.xinitrc. See the first link inseth's signature to post from the console.
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#5 2021-03-27 01:44:21
- SaturnOfTheStars6728
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
Change the default target to boot into to multi-user.target so xdm.service is not started. Then post ~/.xinitrc. See the first link inseth's signature to post from the console.
I have done as you have told, here is the link it output.
http://ix.io/2UdF
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#6 2021-03-27 02:41:27
- jasonwryan
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
Read the xinitrc wiki page.
And change ownership of relevant files in your $HOME back to your user (from root).
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#7 2021-03-27 03:28:22
- SaturnOfTheStars6728
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
Read the xinitrc wiki page.
And change ownership of relevant files in your $HOME back to your user (from root).
May I ask for specification of what these relevant files are?
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#8 2021-03-27 06:25:57
- seth
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Re: Stuck in a login loop in when logging in as regular user in XDM
Pretty much everything in your $HOME should belong to your user.
Check ~/.xsession-errors on why mwm fails for your user.
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