[plug] woody X

[Craig Ringer]

> My laptop battery went flat. On startup, I couldnt start x as a normal
> user, but it is fine as root..
How are you starting X.
gdm, xdm, kdm (auto-start on boot or on "init 5") or using "startx".

Have you tried startx as a normal user?

How about "startx /usr/bin/xterm -- " to start a failsafe session with 
no wm, etc.

You can always try typing "X >& /tmp/xlog" and posting the log to this 
group, that should be useful. Especially if you do this as root and a 
normal user (say >& /tmp/xuser and &>/tmp/xroot ) to compare.

> Must be a user level X file has become corrupt I guess..!?
You could rm .xsession if you created one (sometimes its .Xsession) but 
otherwise there aren't really any user level x files to become corrupt.

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