From: jmccue@magnetar.hsd1.ma.comcast.net   
      
   bad sector  wrote:   
   > On 9/15/22 01:44, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:59:22 +0000, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
      
   >   
   > Yes I do mean a prompt and no, there's no   
   > login-manager. Slackware is the only distro on my machine   
   > that (default outta-the-box) handles the launch as Linux   
   > was meant to handle it.   
      
   This is a bit confusing to me, some questions:   
   1. Did you do a Full Install ?   
   2. After the Full Install, did you remove some packages ?   
      
   If so that is probably the issue.   
      
   If you retained all packages from Slackware, try deleting   
   file $HOME/.Xauthority   
      
   Also before doing a 'startx', execute 'xwmconfig' and select   
   twm.  If that works the issue is probably with settings in   
   your desktop Environment.   
      
      
      
   > there are some commands in ~/.profile but seeing that   
   > I still haven't logged in when the error pops up...   
      
   What commands are in ~/.profile ?   
   Are you trying to start X programs in ~/.profile ?   
   X programs should be started via ~/.xinitrc in your case.   
      
      
      
   HTH   
   John   
      
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