Disabled XFCE Session Manager, now can't login

[Jay Mistry]

PS:   (just to make it complete)
I had to make a new session when logging-in (as 'Session Manager' was
now enabled), clciking on any of the earlier saved sessions 9including
'Default') did not work.

Jay
==

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Jay Mistry <jaylinux53 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [SOLVED]
>
> I could find the relevant XFCE4 System File. It is xfce4-session
> located (in my case, openSUSE 11.1) at -
> /home/(UserName)/.config/xfce4-session.
>
> I changed the following values in that file (after logging in as
> 'root' through KDE 4.2)-
>
> [General]
> SaveOnExit=false ... (previously 'true')
>
> [Chooser]
> AlwaysDisplay=true ... (previous 'false')
>
> Jay
> ==
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>> Jay Mistry wrote:
>>>
>>> I disabled the XFCE Session Manager when I last logged into XFCE, as
>>> it used to prompt for a new session to be named every time I logged
>>> into XFCE.
>>> Now, I cannot login to XFCE. On trying to Login, the splash screen
>>> (with the mouse graphic) appears and then the desktop and panel appear
>>> very briefly (3-4 secs), and replaced by a blank black screen.
>>>
>>> What can I do to re-enable 'Session Manager' ? I can boot via a 'Live
>>> CD' and make any necessary changes to system file(s)-but I don't know
>>> which file to alter & how ?
>>
>> If you see the splash screen, then the session manager is already enabled.
>>  Something's causing it to quit.  You'll want to look at console output.
>>  Try logging in directly to a virtual console (not through GDM or some other
>> display manager) and running 'startxfce4' from the command line.  That might
>> help you figure out what's going wrong.
>>
>>        -brian
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