Hi Paul! On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 11:21:12AM -0500, Paul Ravish wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > My responses below > > On Nov 28, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > > >Paul Ravish wrote: > > > >>Hi All, > >>I'm kinda a newbie to Linux, and I think messed something up. I > >>can't login through the gnome desktop manager anymore. I used to > >>be able to login and I can login under a different account on the > >>system. I do have several error log files, but I don't really > >>know where to start in fixing things. > >>So here is what happens. > >>The Gnome Desktop Manager login dialog comes up. I type in my > >>name and hit OK. Then I type in my password and hit OK. It seems > >>like it's trying to log me in at this time but then just comes > >>back to the login prompt. > >> > > > >I would try to restart the gdm (that is the gnome desktop manager). > >One does this like this: > > > >1.press Ctrl+Alt+F1 > >2.login as root in text mode > >3.type: > > > >/etc/init.d/gdm restart > > > >4. press Ctrl+Alt+F7 > >5. try to login again in graphic mode > > I tried this procedure, but it did the same thing as I was reporting. > It brought up the Gnome Desktop Manager (gdm?). I typed in my name > and password. the screen went blank like it was trying to log me in, > and then brought me back to the Gnome Desktop Manager login window. > > > > > > > > >>In /tmp there is a file called xses-paul.QrE84n. Inside it looks like > >> > >the log files in linux are usually in /var/log directory. If you > >would like to see gdm logs they are in /var/log/gdm and the ones > >for the xserver in /var/log/XFree86.* or /var/log/Xorg.* (depending > >on what you are using). btw, what kind of linux you are using? > > I'm using Debian Linux. I'm not sure what installation it is (Woody, > etc) I've look at some of the log files you mentioned but really > didn't see Error messages. I looked in /tmp and there are several > files in there. There are a couple files(.X0-lock, gcond-paul/lock, > etc.) that indicate that an X11 session couldn't be started. > > Any thoughts? > > thanks, > > --Paul > > > > Cheers, > > Ivan > > > >>xrdb gives and error message of "No such file or directory" and > >>"Can't open display ':0'. > >>Any suggestions to fix this problem would be appreciated. > >>Thanks, > >> --Paul Ravish
Which windowmanager do you use? If You do not use any (by mistake) then install one, say: # aptitude install sawfish -- Regards, Paul Debian Junior Project, DebianEdu, Moodle -> :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) http://www.ektf.hu/~Csanyi.Pal (Up to now, it is in Hungarian only.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
