Re: [TCLUG:6901] gdm/kdm do not allow login

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Check your $HOME/.xsession-errors or $HOME/.*-errors for information on
what's going on.  Also, kill (x,k,g)dm and try the "old-hat" `startx` for
more debugging information.

Peter Lukas

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Joel A. Koepp wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I upgraded to RedHat 6.0 in late May. Although it has been a while since this
> happened, I'll try to recall the pertinent info. I edited my /etc/inittab to
> have the machine boot into X, and left the /etc/X11/prefdm symlink alone so it
> pointed to gdm. 
> 
> Machine booted fine, but when I tried to log in, it would take the username and
> password, the dialog box would disappear as if it were about to load up my
> session, and then it would drop right back to the login screen. This would
> happen as me or as root, it didn't matter. 
> 
> I'm wondering if this was some sort of PAM issue? I had a friend suggest that
> perhaps I didn't have entries for gdm in /etc/passwd and /etc/group, but I do.
> This same behavior happens with kdm as well. I got fed up and resorted to using
> xdm, which has been working like a charm ever since. 
> 
> Ideas anyone?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Joel
> 
> Joel A. Koepp
> Hennepin County Environmental Services
> jkoepp@gustavus.edu
> 
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