On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 12:59:39PM -0500, Kremer (kremer at ringworld.org) wrote:
> I have a computer currently running Redhat 7.3.  When it boots up, gdm
> starts and gives me a login prompt.  I log in as usual, but it just sits
> for a minute then bumps me right back to the login prompt (no, it's not a
> password issue, it doesn't tell me "incorrect password" like it did when
> i purposely mistyped my password.)  It was running Redhat 7.2 up until
> this morning.  Yesterday I saw this behavior start, which was what
> prompted me to try 7.3, but that didn't help at all.
> The only odd thing i see in my log is:
> 
> AUDIT: Tue Jun 4 12:38:26 2002: 1103 X: client 2 rejected from local host

A couple things to look for:

1. Look at the contents of .xsession-errors in your home directory
- this might offer more information
2. Look at the contents of .Xauthority in your home directory
- I've seen where this gets corrupted or empty.  If so, you can usually
remove it and X will recreate it.

-- 
Amy Tanner
amy at real-time.com
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