On 02/04/2014 06:48 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
One thing you could try is to switch from using GDM to KDM.
Tried that this morning and get pretty much the same results. I can log
into KDE no problem, gnome-shell from KDM just gets me a cursor and a
background image instead of the black screen I got from GDM.
One thing that does puzzle me is you said you created a new "local"
account and it work. You then moved your home directory out of the
way, created a new home, and it still failed. Seems like would have
also worked.....
I created a local account (/etc/passwd|group|shadow) that worked. All
our accounts here are on NIS, usually with a home directory served via
NFS and autofs from a file server. I've also tried with a local home
directory and NFS home directory without success.
Now, another thing you can do....since you have a copy of your home
directory....would be to make note of your UID/GID of your old account
and then delete it. Create a new account and specify the UID/GID as
before and you should have a "new local account" as you've done before
and tested...and it should work. Then, copy back your home directory
in bits and pieces while logging in/out to see if the problem comes back.
My UID/GID match my Common Access Card's EDIPI #, so it's a 32-bit
number and that account is defined on NIS. We've got more than a few
accounts set up this way and are migrating all of them slowly. It hasn't
caused any problems so far. I'd be real interested to find out that the
32-bit UID/GID might be causing an issue. It hadn't until just recently
if it is an issue. I know that things were working just fine since I
changed my UID to the 32-bit EDIPI # on February 8th, 2011, which would
have been under Fedora 13 I think. I've changed to new hardware and
kept up to date with Fedora releases the whole time and this issue is
new just this week.
I also did a fresh install of Fedora 20 yesterday. Over the last 2 or 3
years my system has gone through a couple of fedup's and I used yum to
get to F20 since fedup doesn't seem to like /boot on RAID1. Figured it
was a good time to clean up any kruft that those upgrades might have
left behind. I only have a few Fedora systems here, we're primarily a
Scientific Linux shop. I try to keep mine current with Fedora to have
an idea of what RHEL/Centos/SL will be looking like down the road.
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Office: 228-688-5738
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