Ubuntu
gdm package

  1. Bug #136529
  2. Comment #75

Comment 75 for bug 136529

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Jeremiah C. Foster (jeremiah-foster) wrote :

I fixed this problem by editing my .profile file. It read:

export XAUTHORITY=/home/your_user_name/.Xauthority

I changed it to:

export XAUTHORITY=/home/jeremiah/.Xauthority

And GNOME actually booted.