can't log in with XDM anymore / kinda SOLVED

[lo-jay]

well,

that is strange: i get the xdm login screen, but putting in my user name & password it just comes up again.
same thing if i put in "root" & the root password.
from another console. remember updating some xdm-configs lately.
it all does not seem to be password related, if i put in wrong passwords, xdm comes up with "incorrect".
so the prob rather seems to be, that the login screen comes up again & again?
so where would i start - really confused

thanks again!

so unmerge xdm, can bring up X with

[Will Scarlet]

Two places to look:

1. Under your user's home directory, the .xsession-errors file.
2. In /var/log/, the Xorg.0.log

In those two files you will get the most information about X's startup and its failures.

Also, I would't unmerge xdm, I would just disable xdm during boot. That way you could test without having to re-emerge xdm.

Hope this helps...
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