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List:       ltsp-discuss
Subject:    Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Fedora Core 6 login
From:       jam () tigger ! ws
Date:       2006-12-24 0:08:15
Message-ID: 200612240908.15606.jam () tigger ! ws
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On Sunday 24 December 2006 05:06, ltsp-discuss-request@lists.sourceforge.net 
wrote:
> I have a LTSP server that I just updated from Fedora Core 4 to Fedora Core
> 6, and also updated it to LTSP 4.2.
>
> I can log in to the machine locally, and I can get the GDM login screen on
> the terminals as well.  However, when I enter a username/password on the
> terminal it accepts my password and the screen goes blank for a few seconds
> and then the GDM login screen returns.
>
> If I log in on the server and then use the same username/password on the
> terminal, it tells me that I am already logged in and do I want to
> continue.  I say YES and the screen goes blank and then returns me to the
> GDM login screen again.
>
> I can't find any log that tells me anything of value here.  /var/log secure
> says "Session opened for" and then "Session closed for" two seconds later,
> but nothing else.
>
> It appears to be not loading the Gnome desktop when logged in from a
> terminal.
>
> Why?

When I've had this exact problem it was because .xinitrc or .xsession 
contained *something* that did not exist anymore

eg .xinitrc had startkde when there was none etc

James

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