Look at .xsession-errors in your home dir or at /var/log/XFree86* . Maybe you'll find a hint there. Pavel. > -----Original Message----- > From: orion [mailto:orionc@shaw.ca] > Sent: Sun, December 01, 2002 10:12 PM > To: pavelr@coresma.com > Subject: [Fwd: Re: your session lasted for less than 10 seconds] > > > Pavle, thanks, but I have not found any .Xclients* files on > my machine. > It happened when I was exploring the effect of the > Ctrl+Alt+Fn keys and > tried starting X-windows on the same terminal as screen 1. > And then choosing > by mistake Reboot before I even had chance to try to close screen 0. > I fixed the problem temporarily by selecting option 3 in > /etc/inittab > (booting into multiuser mode). I can now use X-windows, > invoking startx, at > least in my user account, but still not as root! When I try > invoke startx as a > root, it exits without giving any reason/errors. > > By the way, that message actually contains at least one > typing error > "your session lasted for less THEN 10 seconds ...", and then > says something > about installation errors (none were reported during > installation) or the lack > of memory (that's not my case), so that was not very helpful. > > Any other suggestions? > Thanks, > Mirek > > Pavel Rozenboim wrote: > > It happened to me once after I used switchdesk, to switch desktop > > environment only on specific display. If that's what you > did, remove > > .Xclients* in your home dir. > > > > Pavel. > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: orion [mailto:orionc@shaw.ca] > >>Sent: Thu, November 28, 2002 10:49 PM > >>To: psyche-list@redhat.com > >>Subject: Re: your session lasted for less than 10 seconds > >> > >> > >>Hi! > >> What to do if after trying to log on, I am consistently > >>getting the message: > >>"your session lasted for less than 10 seconds ...". Initially > >>on my user > >>account, now also on the root account. Trying to log into a > >>Failsafe session > >>gives the same result. This happened the first time I > >>rebooted the computer > >>after installing RHL 8.0 some 2 weeks ago. > >> Reinstall Linux??? > >> Thanks, > >>mk > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Psyche-list mailing list > >>Psyche-list@redhat.com > >>https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
