Problem with xfce start -

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

I have a problem with xfce coming up in console-2 instead of console-1 
as it should. When I CTRL ALT F-1 I see a screen full of errors, a few 
lines of which I have manually copied in the hope that they may help 
define whatever the problem is:

(xfce4-session:1015): xfce4-session-WARNING **: Failed to set up ICE 
authentication data, session management may not work properly.

E: [pulseaudio] main.C: Daemon startup failed.

(xfce4-session:1015): xfce4-session-WARNING **: ICE connection 0x13b9820 
rejected

(xfce4-session:1031): xfce4-session-WARNING **: 
(gerror.c:390):g_error_new_valst: runtime check failed: (domain

!=0)

Failed to connect to session manager: Failed to connect to session 
manager: Authorization Rejected, reason : None of the authentications 
protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.


Another symptom is that when I "su" to root in a terminal it takes about 
30 seconds to react to my password. When I start xfce the little 
rotating progress circle is smaller than normal and spins for about 
thirty seconds before becoming normal size for a few seconds before the 
desktop appears. I have never had this problem with xfce, this is a new 
install of Fedora 20 64 bit that I have been configuring. It also boots 
Centos 6.5 set up with XFCE too.

It's beginning to look like the best way to fix things is to start over, 
redo the new install ...

Any suggestions that might avoid that will be appreciated.

Bob

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