Hang-up installing Xubuntu along side Ubuntu (9.10b all)

[Peter N. Spotts]

Folks,

I've just installed Xubuntu-deskop as a backup to Gnome, but I can't
seem to get beyond the log-in screen. I can enter user name and
password, but all I get are the swarming fireflies for a bit, then a
blank screen, then the fireflies, then back to the log-in screen to
start over. I can log in to Gnome from this screen with no problem.

What have I mucked up? And how do I get Xfce to start up?

With best regards,

Pete

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-- 
Peter N. Spotts | Science reporter
The Christian Science Monitor
210 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA 02115 USA
Office: 617-450-2449 | Office-in-home: 508-520-3139
Email: spottsp at csmonitor.com | Skype: pspotts 
www.csmonitor.com | www.kc1jb.net | Amateur-radio call: KC1JB

"The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss." 
            -- Douglas Adams, "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"