Re: gdm login problem
Login from console as root.
move that user home directory to a temporary one.
Create again the original user. Try to start X.
If X starts, then move wanted data from the temporary user directory.
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to login to gdm (with account f) but after a few seconds
> (well, half a minute :) I get back the login screen. I succeeded to
> login with an other account (account s) with no problem so I tried to
> find a trace of this error in the logs, but have found absolutely nothing.
>
> The only thing I can think of that can cause this problem is that I
> saved a document as user s into the home directory of f but then
> chown-ed this file to be owned by f.
>
> Could you help me out with this? First of all, where can I find a clue
> about what might be causing this problem?
>
> thank you in advance,
> Balint
>
> ps. I even tried to login in Gnome failsafe mode but have experienced
> exactly the same thing.
>
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