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Old 03-25-2008, 01:26 PM
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I get this error on one of my older Linux Ubuntu installs. Anyone know how to fix it?

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The GNOME session manager was unable to lock the file '/home/hektor/.ICEauthority'. Please report this as a GNOME bug. Sometimes this error may occur if the file's directory is unwritable, you could try logging in via the failsafe session and ensuring that it is.
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Old 03-27-2008, 01:32 AM
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Is this the login screen? I mean when it boots and then asks you for username and password?
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Old 03-27-2008, 02:12 AM
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Have you looked at that file and determined if it is writeable?
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Old 04-04-2008, 02:23 AM
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Yes, the file was there and I set it to 777. It did not fix it. In the end I just created a new user and this worked fine.
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