<div dir="ltr"><div>it could well be authentication, but another possibility is that it could also be your graphical login environment is just broken by a configuration issue... </div><div>To test that, one think you could try is to log in remotely, mv ~/.config ~/.config.save ,</div><div>then logout. Then try logging in locally, if it works, you then have to figure out which .config file is the problem.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 3:03 PM Volker Wysk <<a href="mailto:post@volker-wysk.de">post@volker-wysk.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Am Freitag, den 30.10.2020, 19:54 +0100 schrieb Volker Wysk:<br>
> Am Freitag, den 30.10.2020, 19:42 +0100 schrieb Volker Wysk:<br>
> > Login remotely, as root. Then try to log in locally, in your desktop. Then<br>
> > take a look at the logfiles.<br>
> > <br>
> > ls -l --sort=time /var/log 2>/dev/null| head -n 20<br>
> > <br>
> > This lists the 20 most recently changed things in /var/log. The more recent<br>
> > ones could reveal clues of that's gone wrong.<br>
> <br>
> In my system I have the directory /var/log/gdm3, which is empty. Perhaps<br>
> there is something in it on your system?<br>
> <br>
> And, can you choose a different session in the login screen, when logging in<br>
> locally?<br>
> <br>
> I guess your display manager is gdm3. From what you've written, I looks like<br>
> it can't start your session after login. There must sure be a place where it<br>
> logs errors. Such as /var/log/gdm3.<br>
<br>
One more thought. Can you login in a virtual console?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Volker<br>
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