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== User logs in successfully but is immediately redirected back to the login screen ==
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Open a new TTY (CTRL+ALT+F1 through to F6) and then run:
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<pre>
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chown youruser:yourgroup ~/.Xauthority
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</pre>
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== startx fails with repeated "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1" ==
 
== startx fails with repeated "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1" ==
 
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 25 May 2015

User logs in successfully but is immediately redirected back to the login screen

Open a new TTY (CTRL+ALT+F1 through to F6) and then run:

chown youruser:yourgroup ~/.Xauthority

startx fails with repeated "Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1"

rm ~/.Xauthority*
rm ~/.ICE*