Locked out of fluxbox, or any other desktop environment too.

Sharon Kimble

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Last night I stupidly did 'sudo update-menus', and shortly afterwards I had to reboot. Now I cant get into any desktop environment [fluxbox, lxde,razor,etc] and I keep getting this message showing in the fluxbox login logs ;-

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BScreen::BScreen: an error occured while querying the X server.

another window manager already running on display:0

Error: Couldn't find screens to manage.

Make sure you don't have another window manager running.

---------------------------------------

When I try to login to fluxbox it starts up, but very soon descends to a black screen before dumping me back at the lightdm login prompt. Whilst trying to track down the problem I found that /home/boztu/.Xauthority was owned by root, so that was chowned back to eh user, and I then tried to log in again but unsuccessfully.

I've googled for that error message but haven't been able to find any useful articles/hints as to how to get round it.

When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still finding some,even from a shut-down system! i.e. even when I start with a fresh setup from shutdown, its still giving me that error message so I'm now totally confused.

Heres hoping that some kind soul is able to shed light on this strange setup atm?

Thanks

Sharon.

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Andrei POPESCU

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On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
> When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm
> certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still
> finding some,even from a shut-down system! i.e. even when I start with a
> fresh setup from shutdown, its still giving me that error message so I'm
> now totally confused.

Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot?

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Sharon Kimble

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On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU <andreim...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 08:27:58, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
> When I log out of my current DE before trying to get into fluxbox, I'm
> certain that I've totally logged out of any window managers,but its still
> finding some,even from a shut-down system! i.e. even when I start with a
> fresh setup from shutdown, its still giving me that error message so I'm
> now totally confused.

Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot?

Kind regards,
Andrei

boudiccas@London:~$ ps aux

USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND

root 1 0.1 0.0 2196 708 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 init [2]

root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kthreadd]

root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]

root 6 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [migration/0]

root 7 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [watchdog/0]

root 8 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [migration/1]

root 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]

root 11 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kworker/0:1]

root 12 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [watchdog/1]

root 13 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [cpuset]

root 14 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [khelper]

root 15 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kdevtmpfs]

root 16 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [netns]

root 17 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [sync_supers]

root 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [bdi-default]

root 19 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [kintegrityd]

root 20 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [kblockd]

root 21 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kworker/1:1]

root 22 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [khungtaskd]

root 23 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kswapd0]

root 24 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 09:34 0:00 [ksmd]

root 25 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 09:34 0:00 [khugepaged]

root 26 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [fsnotify_mark]

root 27 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [crypto]

root 30 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kworker/1:2]

root 112 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [khubd]

root 115 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [ata_sff]

root 171 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_0]

root 172 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_1]

root 174 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_2]

root 175 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_3]

root 177 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_4]

root 178 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_5]

root 180 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kworker/u:4]

root 181 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [kworker/u:5]

root 190 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_6]

root 191 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [usb-storage]

root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [scsi_eh_7]

root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [usb-storage]

root 242 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [flush-8:0]

root 243 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [jbd2/sda1-8]

root 244 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwri

root 383 0.0 0.0 2996 1576 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 udevd --daemon

root 552 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [kpsmoused]

root 560 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [rc0]

root 616 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [hd-audio0]

root 621 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [hd-audio1]

root 1601 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:34 0:00 [jbd2/sda6-8]

root 1602 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwri

root 1906 0.0 0.0 2292 780 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /sbin/rpcbind -

statd 1941 0.0 0.0 2564 1224 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /sbin/rpc.statd

root 1946 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [rpciod]

root 1948 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 09:34 0:00 [nfsiod]

root 1955 0.0 0.0 2492 388 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/rpc.i

root 2035 0.0 0.0 1760 376 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/downt

root 2662 0.0 0.0 29000 1608 ? Sl 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/rsysl

root 2794 0.0 0.0 5096 1860 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 dhclient -v -pf

101 2834 0.0 0.0 3688 1820 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-d

root 2897 0.0 0.2 39992 8120 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

daemon 2924 0.0 0.0 2068 120 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd

root 2987 0.0 0.0 3184 3176 ? S<L 09:34 0:00 /usr/bin/atop -

avahi 2991 0.0 0.0 3076 1436 ? S 09:34 0:00 avahi-daemon: r

avahi 2992 0.0 0.0 3076 436 ? S 09:34 0:00 avahi-daemon: c

root 3012 0.0 0.1 19096 4828 ? Ssl 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/Netwo

root 3053 0.0 0.1 24260 4036 ? Sl 09:34 0:00 /usr/lib/policy

root 3063 0.0 0.0 6808 2696 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/modem

www-data 3066 0.0 0.1 40016 4396 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

www-data 3067 0.0 0.1 40016 4396 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

www-data 3068 0.0 0.1 40016 4396 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

www-data 3069 0.0 0.1 40016 4396 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

www-data 3070 0.0 0.1 40016 4396 ? S 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/apach

nobody 3336 0.0 0.0 2112 712 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/bin/gdomap

root 3358 0.0 0.0 3752 944 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron

root 3381 0.0 0.0 2992 1176 ? S 09:34 0:00 udevd --daemon

root 3387 0.0 0.0 2992 1176 ? S 09:34 0:00 udevd --daemon

root 3390 0.0 0.0 7548 2692 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd

root 3403 0.0 0.0 31684 3188 ? Sl 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/light

nobody 3481 0.0 0.0 45284 1112 ? Sl 09:34 0:00 /usr/bin/memcac

ntp 3570 0.0 0.0 5288 2012 ? Ss 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd

root 3607 0.0 0.0 1848 556 ? S 09:34 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bi

mysql 3947 0.1 0.9 316028 33736 ? Sl 09:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/mysql

root 3948 0.0 0.0 1768 536 ? S 09:34 0:00 logger -t mysql

pulse 4012 0.0 0.1 103684 4752 ? S<l 09:35 0:00 /usr/bin/pulsea

root 4143 0.0 0.0 23296 2980 ? Sl 09:35 0:00 /usr/lib/accoun

root 4206 0.0 0.0 27668 3428 ? Sl 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/conso

boztu 4284 0.0 0.4 89768 15104 ? Ssl 09:35 0:00 /usr/bin/mpd /h

saned 4342 0.0 0.0 2648 500 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/saned

saned 4344 0.0 0.0 2648 648 ? S 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/saned

root 4347 0.0 0.1 27256 3744 ? Sl 09:35 0:00 /usr/lib/upower

root 4577 0.0 0.0 3692 836 ? S 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/smart

clamav 4597 0.0 4.5 194456 166240 ? Ssl 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/clamd

108 4720 0.0 0.0 18832 1644 ? Sl 09:35 0:00 /usr/lib/speech

clamav 4755 0.3 0.0 13976 1544 ? Ss 09:35 0:02 /usr/bin/freshc

108 4770 0.0 0.0 11564 404 ? Ssl 09:35 0:00 /usr/bin/speech

root 4815 0.0 0.0 1964 576 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/vnsta

daemon 4834 0.0 0.0 1784 360 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/uptim

root 4842 0.2 0.8 36148 32248 ? SNs 09:35 0:01 /usr/sbin/spamd

timidity 4843 0.0 0.1 17420 6532 ? S 09:35 0:00 /usr/bin/timidi

root 4863 0.0 0.8 36148 30532 ? SN 09:35 0:00 spamd child

root 4864 0.0 0.8 36148 30568 ? SN 09:35 0:00 spamd child

104 5120 0.0 0.0 7344 916 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/exim4

root 5192 0.0 0.0 1828 1820 ? SLs 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/watch

root 5212 0.0 0.0 1632 56 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 /usr/sbin/minis

root 5255 0.0 0.0 3696 824 tty1 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

root 5256 0.0 0.0 3696 820 tty2 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

root 5257 0.0 0.0 3696 832 tty3 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

root 5258 0.0 0.0 3696 828 tty4 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

root 5259 0.0 0.0 3696 828 tty5 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

root 5260 0.0 0.0 3696 828 tty6 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 /sbin/getty 384

boztu 5380 0.0 0.0 3284 1608 ? Ss 09:35 0:00 tmux

boztu 5381 0.0 0.1 7608 4808 pts/1 Ss+ 09:35 0:00 -bash

boztu 5554 0.8 1.0 237548 37588 ? Ssl 09:36 0:05 /home/boztu/.dr

rtkit 5752 0.0 0.0 18888 1172 ? SNl 09:36 0:00 /usr/lib/rtkit/

root 5758 0.0 0.1 24012 3664 ? Sl 09:36 0:00 /usr/lib/udisks

root 5775 0.0 0.0 6272 720 ? S 09:36 0:00 udisks-daemon:

root 5806 0.0 0.0 15272 2732 ? Sl 09:36 0:00 /usr/sbin/syste

root 5820 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:37 0:00 [kjournald]

root 5827 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:37 0:00 [kjournald]

root 5833 0.0 0.3 13980 12056 ? S 09:37 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /

root 5838 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:37 0:00 [flush-8:32]

root 5839 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:37 0:00 [flush-8:16]

root 5869 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:39 0:00 [kworker/0:0]

root 5928 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:40 0:00 [kworker/1:0]

boztu 6041 0.0 0.2 17052 8944 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

boztu 6076 0.0 0.0 1848 492 ? S 09:42 0:00 /bin/sh -c /usr

boztu 6079 0.0 0.2 16916 8772 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

boztu 6095 0.0 0.2 16532 8516 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

boztu 6105 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 09:42 0:00 [python] <defun

root 6106 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:42 0:00 [kworker/1:3]

boztu 6108 0.0 0.1 7608 4804 pts/2 Ss+ 09:42 0:00 -bash

root 6270 2.9 1.4 66560 51556 tty7 Ss+ 09:42 0:05 /usr/bin/X :0 -

root 6294 0.0 0.0 16160 3224 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 lightdm --sessi

1001 6320 0.0 0.1 45168 5880 ? Ssl 09:42 0:00 mate-session

1001 6358 0.0 0.0 3784 216 ? Ss 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-ag

1001 6361 0.0 0.0 3432 516 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-l

1001 6362 0.0 0.0 3996 1456 ? Ss 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-d

1001 6367 0.3 0.3 260108 11268 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 marco --sm-clie

1001 6370 4.3 1.4 248100 52312 ? Sl 09:42 0:06 mate-panel --sm

1001 6374 0.0 0.0 8508 2296 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6377 0.3 0.4 197692 15544 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 caja --sm-clien

1001 6382 0.1 0.1 50624 5224 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 zeitgeist-datah

1001 6383 0.0 0.1 50484 3744 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6385 0.0 0.1 26408 4532 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l

1001 6387 0.0 0.1 36576 6064 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 mate-screensave

1001 6391 0.0 0.4 37332 17224 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

1001 6393 0.0 0.4 38072 16620 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

1001 6395 0.0 0.1 41628 4136 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/zeitge

1001 6396 0.0 0.1 20208 5060 ? S 09:42 0:00 Thunar --sm-cli

1001 6401 0.0 0.3 27736 11592 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/python

1001 6402 0.0 0.1 105664 5484 ? S<l 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/pulsea

1001 6414 0.0 0.2 50768 8296 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/zeitge

1001 6425 0.0 0.0 6092 2160 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l

1001 6432 0.0 0.0 3296 252 ? S 09:42 0:00 /bin/cat

1001 6433 0.0 0.0 8928 2924 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6441 0.0 0.0 19016 2200 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6445 0.0 0.0 8584 2108 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/mate-p

1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/mate-p

1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/mate-p

root 6455 0.1 0.3 14076 12060 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /

root 6456 0.1 0.3 14092 11940 ? S 09:42 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /

1001 6470 0.0 0.0 30244 2360 ? Sl 09:42 0:00 /usr/lib/dconf/

1001 6477 6.7 0.9 276760 33420 ? Sl 09:43 0:09 nautilus

1001 6483 0.0 0.0 8672 2956 ? S 09:43 0:00 /usr/lib/i386-l

1001 6489 0.0 0.0 8536 2420 ? S 09:43 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/g

1001 6512 0.1 0.2 166784 10508 ? S 09:44 0:00 leafpad /home/b

1001 6515 6.9 1.9 594272 70676 ? Sl 09:44 0:04 /opt/google/chr

1001 6522 0.3 0.1 105520 5736 ? S 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6523 0.0 0.0 1864 276 ? S 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6524 0.6 0.4 146008 17528 ? S 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6527 0.0 0.0 1071356 3392 ? S 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6528 0.0 0.2 146008 8268 ? S 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

root 6546 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:44 0:00 [kworker/0:2]

1001 6559 0.6 0.8 193368 31020 ? Sl 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6566 1.6 1.1 213484 41396 ? Sl 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

1001 6572 10.3 2.4 252024 89696 ? Sl 09:44 0:05 /opt/google/chr

1001 6579 7.0 1.8 238304 65536 ? Sl 09:44 0:03 /opt/google/chr

1001 6651 0.1 0.4 200080 17852 ? Sl 09:44 0:00 /opt/google/chr

root 6666 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 09:45 0:00 [kworker/0:3]

1001 6667 0.7 0.2 173512 9620 ? Rl 09:45 0:00 termit

1001 6668 0.0 0.0 1996 676 ? S 09:45 0:00 gnome-pty-helpe

1001 6669 0.7 0.0 6256 3496 pts/0 Ss 09:45 0:00 /bin/bash

1001 6713 0.0 0.0 4260 1092 pts/0 R+ 09:45 0:00 ps aux

boudiccas@London:~$

This is me logged as 'boudiccas' into MATE with 'google-chrome', 'termit' 'nautilus' and 'leafpad' open. These are the only programmes that I have opened in this session.

Thanks

Sharon

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On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p
> 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p
> 1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p

I know very little about the gnome family of DEs, but this appears to be a
reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem?

Lisi

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On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:

On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p
> 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p
> 1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> /usr/lib/mate-p

I know very little about the gnome family of DEs, but this appears to be a
reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem?

Lisi

Nope, it will make no difference at all. I have run MATE before with no problems, so that's not it then.

Thanks

Sharon.

Lisi Reisz

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On Friday 17 May 2013 10:16:45 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> > > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> > > 1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> >
> > I know very little about the gnome family of DEs, but this appears to be
> > a reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem?
> >
> > Lisi
> >
> > Nope, it will make no difference at all. I have run MATE before with no
>
> problems, so that's not it then.

It _is_ running, and you _have_ now got problems. Why not try killing it, and
any other similar references, and then see if you can run fluxbox?

Lisi

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On 17 May 2013 10:22, Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:

On Friday 17 May 2013 10:16:45 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 17 May 2013 10:06, Lisi Reisz <lisi....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday 17 May 2013 09:50:02 Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > > 1001 6450 0.2 0.2 189624 9748 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> > > 1001 6453 0.0 0.2 194184 10860 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> > > 1001 6454 0.0 0.1 177552 6552 ? Sl 09:42 0:00
> > > /usr/lib/mate-p
> >
> > I know very little about the gnome family of DEs, but this appears to be
> > a reference to running Mate. Might it be the source of your problem?
> >
> > Lisi
> >
> > Nope, it will make no difference at all. I have run MATE before with no
>
> problems, so that's not it then.

It _is_ running, and you _have_ now got problems. Why not try killing it, and
any other similar references, and then see if you can run fluxbox?

Lisi

It makes no difference what DE I'm running, before trying to log into fluxbox, I still get thrown out and unable to log into fluxbox successfully. But, I can do it as my new user added today, so its something to do with the old user, but I don't know what.

Jonathan Dowland

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On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:29:28AM +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > It makes no difference what DE I'm running, before trying to log into
> fluxbox, I still get thrown out and unable to log into fluxbox
> successfully. But, I can do it as my new user added today, so its something
> to do with the old user, but I don't know what.

Do you have much local fluxbox personalisation? IF not, try moving the fluxbox
config directory aside (~/.local/config/fluxbox perhaps, if not ~/.fluxbox, I
forget). Does that enable login again?

P.S.: You are starting the first line of your reply at the same quote level as
that to which you are replying, which makes the flow of conversation hard to
follow.

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Andrei POPESCU

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May 17, 2013, 2:10:01 PM5/17/13

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On Vi, 17 mai 13, 09:50:02, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU <andreim...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot?
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> boudiccas@London:~$ ps aux

[snip]

(might I suggest for the next time you run 'ps aux > output.txt' and
attach the output.txt file to your e-mail)

Could you please also describe exactly how you "login into fluxbox"?

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Sharon Kimble

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May 20, 2013, 9:30:02 AM5/20/13

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On 17 May 2013 19:02, Andrei POPESCU <andreim...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Vi, 17 mai 13, 09:50:02, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> On 17 May 2013 09:14, Andrei POPESCU <andreim...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >

> > Could you please post the output of 'ps aux' after a fresh reboot?
>

> boudiccas@London:~$ ps aux

[snip]

(might I suggest for the next time you run 'ps aux > output.txt' and
attach the output.txt file to your e-mail)

Sorry, but I did wonder when I posted it whether I was doing the right thing. I did consider using a 'paste.com' site but thought that the contents would die and thereby lose the continuity of the email archive.

Could you please also describe exactly how you "login into fluxbox"?

At lightdm I just click on the item list for 'fluxbox' , then input my user name and password and log on.

Sharon.

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