Re: gdm login problem - Solved

2004-03-25 Thread Thomas H. George
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 08:23:43AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > Suddenly I can no longer login to gdm. When I enter my user name the > screen goes blank then returns to the login screen. I created an new > user and when I tried to log in as this user the screen went blank after > I entered th

Re: gdm login problem

2004-03-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Thursday 25 March 2004 06:23, Thomas H. George wrote: > Suddenly I can no longer login to gdm. When I enter my user name the > screen goes blank then returns to the login screen. I created an new > user and when I tried to log in as this user the screen went blank after > I entered the new use

Re: gdm login problem

2004-03-25 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Thomas H. George wrote: Suddenly I can no longer login to gdm. When I enter my user name the screen goes blank then returns to the login screen. I created an new user and when I tried to log in as this user the screen went blank after I entered the new user's password. I still can login at any o

Re: gdm login problem

2004-03-25 Thread David Baron
If your login has a "menu" button, set the type of session, i.e. kde, etc., and then try loging in. If there is no session choice, either because of a totally new user or other reason, then nothing starts and you return to the login. On Thursday 25 March 2004 16:55, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Re: gdm login problem

2004-03-25 Thread Kent West
Thomas H. George wrote: Suddenly I can no longer login to gdm. When I enter my user name the screen goes blank then returns to the login screen. I created an new user and when I tried to log in as this user the screen went blank after I entered the new user's password. I still can login at any

gdm login problem

2004-03-25 Thread Thomas H. George
Suddenly I can no longer login to gdm. When I enter my user name the screen goes blank then returns to the login screen. I created an new user and when I tried to log in as this user the screen went blank after I entered the new user's password. I still can login at any of the terminal screens w

Re: gdm login problem

2002-05-03 Thread Dale Hair
There is nothing in /etc/pam.d/gdm about cracklib. Also lib-cracklib isn't installed anyway. In the files gdm password required pam_unix_passwd.so shadow login password required pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 ssh password required pam_unix.so pam_unix_password.so

Re: gdm login problem

2002-05-03 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Dale Hair ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020502 17:54]: > On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 17:01, Dale Hair wrote: > > I have a system with two users, one can't login with gdm but can from > > the console. The other user and root can login ok. Any ideas? > > It seems the problem is the password is a dictionary wor

Re: gdm login problem

2002-05-02 Thread Dale Hair
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 17:01, Dale Hair wrote: > I have a system with two users, one can't login with gdm but can from > the console. The other user and root can login ok. Any ideas? It seems the problem is the password is a dictionary word. Changing the password allows login. When I add anothe

Re: gdm login problem

2002-05-02 Thread Dale Hair
> > What happens? Does it just say something to the effect of "login denied" > or does it start to go and then return to the gdm greeter screen after a > few seconds? The screen shakes and I get incorrect username or password. If gdm is stopped, can the user run startx after logging in > fro

Re: gdm login problem

2002-05-02 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Dale Hair ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020502 15:02]: > I have a system with two users, one can't login with gdm but can from > the console. The other user and root can login ok. Any ideas? What happens? Does it just say something to the effect of "login denied" or does it start to go and then return

gdm login problem

2002-05-02 Thread Dale Hair
I have a system with two users, one can't login with gdm but can from the console. The other user and root can login ok. Any ideas? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]