Comment 3 for bug 824594

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Barry Warsaw (barry) wrote : Re: Cannot login unless ~/.Xauthority is removed

This is almost certainly an ecryptfs related issue. You don't actually need to remove ~/.Xauthority, you just need to have your homedir decrypt/mounted via remote ssh or vt login. If not, you get dumped back to the login screen. If you're ssh'd in, login works fine.