x.org user not compatible with video card

[prodigal24]

I've been trying to find a solution to this problem for weeks now to no avail. Here is my situation:
I installed a video card called ASUS EAH 4550 and installed the ATI drivers necessary for this video card. The problem is this, I current have two users using Debian. I have done all the necessary configurations via x.org and User 1 has no problem accessing GNome with Compiz as the window manager. However, if user 2 was to log in the same way as user 1 (through startx) the screen does not boot up Gnome but instead the screen powers off into standby mode. I've also tried creating a third user and the same thing occurs.

Currently I am typing through User 1 with no problem but additional users for some reason can not get a desktop screen. What am I missing here?

Thanks.

[reed9]

What does the other user's ~/.xinitrc file look like? This is the script called by startx when it runs.

xinitrc

xinitrc - ArchWiki

[prodigal24]

I'm not quite sure how to locate it if I even have a file like that. Sorry for the noob questions.

[reed9]

The ~ is a shortcut which expands to the current user's home directory. So for user bob ~/.xinitrc = /home/bob/.xinitrc

Files which begin with a period are hidden by default. In a graphical file manager, you can select Show Hidden Files or the like from the View menu, usually. From the command line, you can use

ls -a

to list all files in the current directory, including hidden. You could open the file for editing with a command line editor like nano as so

nano ~/.xinitrc

Also, why not use GDM (GNOME Display Manager) for logging in?