DRMC $Home blank screen after password

[lefticy]

i have searched but cant find the workaround...HELP please
running 17.2 cin. and got the error message $home .drmc premission denied cant write at boot up . ( yes i know i will be upgrading to 19.0 ASAP)
once i get to the passowrd enter screen ( only happens in 17.2 ; 17.1 runs fine) the error pops up. i enter my password and the only thing that shows up is the cursor and a blank dark screen . how do i get to a shell so i can access the home folder and change the write premission ?

[kukamuumuka]

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 on the login screen and login via tty and run

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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

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startx -- :1

Note gaps between x - and - :1

[lefticy]

ok that did not work..

its returned the following error message

no protocol specified
..

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to Xserver: resources temporarily unavailable

watitng for Xserver to shut down (EE) Server terminated succesfully (0) . closing log file.

xinit: server error


offically stumped now.

[kukamuumuka]

watitng for Xserver to shut down (EE) Server terminated succesfully (0) . closing log file.

An old bug and the fix for the bug.

[TECH NOTE] Linux Mint - XServer fails to start -> viewtopic.php?f=46&t=218048

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inxi -S
xdpyinfo | grep display
sudo apt-get install --reinstall mint-meta-<desktop name>

[lefticy]

dministrollaattori

a massive and well deserved thanks .. your steps ( plus some others ) has re-established my system so that i can back up the stuff and migrate to 19..