SOLVED! Can not log into Gnome2
As Homer Simpson would say, Dooh!. It turned out that somehow I managed to
change my .ICEauthority file ownership to root:root.
Once I used a non-graphical login it was easy to spot. I also noticed
that Windowmaker gave the same "security violations" in logcheck.
Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.
Tony
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 09:30:40PM -0500, Anthony and Mary Ann Tantillo wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have been unable to log into a gnome-session in the past two days.
> I've started getting the following "security violations" in logcheck
> corresponding to the times I attempt to log in.
>
> Dec 2 18:38:07 localhost pam_limits[6588]: setrlimit limit #7 to
> soft=-1,
> +hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0
> Dec 2 18:38:30 localhost pam_limits[6644]: setrlimit limit #7 to
> soft=-1,
> +hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0
> Dec 2 18:38:58 localhost pam_limits[6692]: setrlimit limit #7 to
> soft=-1,
> +hard=-1 failed: Operation not permitted; uid=0 euid=0
>
> (note I substituted localhost for the computer name in this mail message)
>
> My /etc/security/limits.conf file is at the default state, and I was
> able to log into gnome2 before yesterday afternoon. Now when I attempt
> to log into a gnome-sessionce, the screen goes black and then just
> returns to the kdm login screen (the same thing happens with gdm). I
> can log into kde or a default xsession (as long as it isn't gnome2)
> without any problem. I am using the unstable branch.
>
> Any suggestions as to where I should look to solve this problem?
>
>
> Tony
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