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Cannot log in to MATE

Post by johnnykilo »

I get to the log in screen and enter my password, the screen goes black and then goes go back to the login screen. I have tried older kernels, startx from other run levels and creating a new user to make sure it was a file error. Any help is welcome
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wh7qq
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Re: Cannot log in to MATE

Post by wh7qq »

From an earlier post on this forum, have you tried removing the "Installation Media" and rebooting? You may still be on the "live" medium, in which case, no login,
johnnykilo

Re: Cannot log in to MATE

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thanks but am not on a live CD. It is installed on my hardr drive along side Windows 10.
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trytip
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Re: Cannot log in to MATE

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delete .Xauthority and .ICEauthority
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johnnykilo

Re: Cannot log in to MATE

Post by johnnykilo »

trytip wrote: Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:43 pm delete .Xauthority and .ICEauthority
that was it, I tried deleting .Xauthority before but I had to sudo rm
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Re: Cannot log in to MATE

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you shouldn't have to sudo, but if it worked then doesn't matter. change title to SOLVED if you don't need more help with this. this works on most desktops if the issue is bad xauthority
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