X ICE error when logging in

[Brian Walker]

Can anyone explain what exactly is going on?

On 7/19/05, Vicky <shriked at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just try renaming .ICEauthority to .ICEauthority.bak( using either the
> recovery mode or failsafe
> terminal ..or press Ctrl+Alt+F2 and logon). Some people have had
> problems with .ICEauthority and this is at best a temporary fix. Try
> it out and let us know.
>

I had upgraded to Breezy, and all was working well. I received a notice
about a kernel upgrade, and it would take effect after a reboot. Some days
later after finishing urgent things, I did eventually reboot.

On completing the spashscreen formalities, and logging in with name and
password, I was booted out with the message to check the .xsesson error
file. It contained references to .ICExxx files (details forgotten)

Now - I had not installed icewm before on this system, so I was puzzzled as
to why gdm should refer me to icewm in the configuration file. Does anyone
know why?

My solution - I installed icewm and all relevant dependancies from the root
terminal. Rebooted into icewm and all is well. Now I want to track down
exactly WHAT happend to my system and WHY. Can anyone shed some light?

Brian
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