__/ [Blinky the Shark] on Monday 26 December 2005 07:37 \__
> Mandriva 2006, clean install.
>
> After a couple days of normal operation...
>
> Summary:
>
> User blinky can't log into a KDE or Gnome session.
> User blinky *can* log into a console session.
>
> The login scren does not return the "Login Failed." error message
> beneath the usr/pwd entry boxes that it does when I intentionally
> enter a bad pwd. I'm simply returned to the login screen without
> any messages at all, after a couple-three screen flashes (that
> look like X is flailing about a bit).
>
> User root and user test can both su to blinky and do stuff in
> console.
>
> User blinky (500:500) looks okay in MCC users config.
>
> User blinky looks okay in /etc/pwd:
> blinky:x:blinky:500:500:blinky:/home/blinky:/bin/bash
>
> I've deleted user blinky and recreated him. No change.
>
> Someone suggested deleting /home/blinky/.kde". Even though I've
> noted that blinky can't log into Gnome, either, I did. (What the
> hell -- as it sits, this installation is hosed anyway, eh?) Other
> than KDE no longer being a choice for WM at login, no change.
>
> I'm getting stumpter by the day. :)
>
> No takers? Nobody ever seen this? Time for another distro? I
> HOPE not! I've been with Mandr* since 8.0.)
Have you reinstalled yet? Maybe an arbitrary fluke? Any 'drop-back' to an
older version still possibility? I recall you running Mandriva 9.2 with
KDE 3.1. Is that correct? I used Mandrake 9.2 for 3 days (it was pre-in-
stalled) before it screwed the partitions table (maybe it was /my/ fault,
but it didn't protect me from my own poor judgement). I could not reboot,
so I crosses over to Ubuntu. That one machine currently runs SuSE 9.3,
which I am very pleased with. I run SuSE at the University as well and no
problems for over 2 years. I hear good things about Mandriva, but make
your own judgement. Have a YaSTastic Christmas (no recommendation intend-
ed).
Roy
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