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c/linux · by Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 2y

Kicked back to login screen after logging in, Debian 12

As the title states whenever I try to login and start the desktop environment I get kicked back to the login screen with no error message. Beforehand I was messing around with configuring dwm. I've tried updating through the tty and deleting dwmblocks (which is what I was messing with before all this)

Here's the output when running startxfce4:

usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server

(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Server is already active for display 0
                if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the X.org foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.
(EE)
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to C server: Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server error
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11 Comments

wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (9 replies)

It would be helpful if you specified which desktop environment and manager...

Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y (8 replies)

As I said in the post, dwm was the main issue. I've tried booting into xfce too with to no avail and I'm using lightdm

Waffelson@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Have you tried running xfce4 from a tty?

startxfce4

The terminal should write what the error is

bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y

This is a good tip.

I've had to do this before when I ran in to issues with lightdm. Ctl +Alt F-Key to a tty and try the command for your window manager to make sure that your display manager isn't the culprit.

Or don't, I guess. I'm not trying to boss you around. Good luck and let us know what works for you!

Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I've tried running it with sudo to fix the authorization error but that didn't work

Here's the output:

usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server

(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Server is already active for display 0
                if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the X.org foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.
(EE)
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server error
Waffelson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (4 replies)

Try to kill the xorg process

sudo pkill x

And then try run xfce4

Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

I get the same error unfortunately

Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I fixed it by uninstalling the .Xauthority file from the tty and rebooting

Waffelson@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's great that you solved the problem

May I ask how you found the solution?

Mandrew002@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y

A random Indian guy on yt

Brustadnrift@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

Nvidia drivers?