It would be helpful if you specified which desktop environment and manager...
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As I said in the post, dwm was the main issue. I've tried booting into xfce too with to no avail and I'm using lightdm
Have you tried running xfce4 from a tty?
startxfce4
The terminal should write what the error is
This is a good tip.
I've had to do this before when I ran in to issues with lightdm. Ctl +Alt F-Key to a tty and try the command for your window manager to make sure that your display manager isn't the culprit.
Or don't, I guess. I'm not trying to boss you around. Good luck and let us know what works for you!
I've tried running it with sudo to fix the authorization error but that didn't work
Here's the output:
usr/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Server is already active for display 0
if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the X.org foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help.
(EE)
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Resource temporarily unavailable
xinit: server errorTry to kill the xorg process
sudo pkill x
And then try run xfce4
I fixed it by uninstalling the .Xauthority file from the tty and rebooting
It's great that you solved the problem
May I ask how you found the solution?
A random Indian guy on yt
I get the same error unfortunately
Nvidia drivers?