Can't log into normal user account

tevoro · 2011-01-14 22:09:21

My old laptop recently broke and I decided to just get a new one (Lenovo Thinkpad Edge) and installed arch x86_64 on it, everything seemed to work, but after I installed Xfce4 and Slim it wouldn't let me log into my normal user account, only my root account. When I looked in my user account's folder in the /home it was empty, not even a desktop. Any assistance welcome.

moetunes · 2011-01-14 22:16:13

Something must have gone wrong creating the user. I would delete the user and set an account up again. The beginners guide tells how to do both
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … ing_a_User

karol · 2011-01-14 23:32:10

Do you have /home on a separate partition? Was it properly mounted on boot?
Can you log in as a user via the console? Check what users do you have on your system.

tevoro · 2011-01-16 19:54:37

Thank you for the replies, I tried making the account again and that didn't work. And yes my home directory is in a separate partition. I also tried cd into the user folder and it says it doesn't exist but ls -a shows it.

karol · 2011-01-16 20:00:50

Doublecheck if your /home is properly mounted.

tevoro · 2011-01-18 19:20:16

Well I figured out what I did wrong, I only edited one .xinitrc, thank you all for your help

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Can't log into normal user account

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