created a new user, try to log in and i get that error. So i cntrl alt F1 to console and i can log in that user
ls -a reveals that the file indeed does not exist. So my work around is switching to root and copying the .ICEauthority file in root's home directory to my new users. then i chown user:user .ICEauthority, this unfortunately did not solve my problem. i was hoping it would atleast log me in and rewrite any new settings.
anyone run into anything similar? i don't know if most ppl who run this distro just stay in root, but i want to learn how to use the utilities without messing up anything in su.