Re: login hassles........
On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 06:38:51AM -0700, Pad Bambury wrote:
> Hey all,
> problem with logging in to a pc. Can shell in
> remotely, and log in using the consoles, but the gnome
> login merely disappears as if it's going to work and
> then brings you back to the login screen.
typically, the graphical display/login managers like gdm exhibit this
behaviour if your login shell isn't listed in /etc/shells -- so you
might want to check that (if unsure about your login shell: it's the
last entry of the lines in /etc/passwd).
I'm not sure, however, whether in this case it would be possible to
login at all (remotely or via console)...
> Did the command startx &> x.log in one of the consoles
> and got this output, can anyone shed any light on it
> for me please:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this server is no longer running, remove
> /tmp/.X0-lock
> and start again.
if you have X already running, then this is the message one would
expect. If not, then simply do what the message suggests ;)
Erdmut
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