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Yesterday I tested startx, and in user root(admin) I went to x-window system. After this I shutdown Linux by power off virtual machine vmware button. Today, when I turn on Linux in the virtual machine, I cannot login as root anymore, only as guest. When I try to login as root, I get stuck at the login page... I am sure my password is correct. I can still login as guest user. How can I fix this?

This is the only thing I typed yesterday:

startx

Thanks for your help!

Merlijn Sebrechts
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Step 1: at the login screen, press control+alt+F3. Step 2: type sudo rm .Xauthority

at the login. Step 3: run sudo reboot

you should be able to login now.

To prevent this from happining again, DO NOT RUN STARTX as root!

this will make the .Xauthority file owned by root. If the .Xauthority file is gone, root will not have it.

Intelligent Pickle
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