Cannot log in to a GNOME desktop

[Rudolf Kastl]

2006/5/5, Emeric Maschino <emeric.maschino at jouy.inra.fr>:
> > What can prevent a user to log in a GNOME session? When entering my
> > username and password at the GDM log in screen, I immediately get a
> > dialog box telling me that the X session lasts less than 10 sec and that
> > some help can be provided by the ~/.xsession_error. Well, this file
> > doesn't even exist. I've tried the "Last session" and "Default GNOME
> > session" options in the GDM log in screen without a success. Same
> > problem for root. This is on an Itanium workstation (ia64) with a fresh
> > install of Fedora Core Rawhide on May 2nd, updated with the latest
> > packages. I don't know if this problem also appears on other
> > architectures. Roughly a month ago (before my filesystem problem), I
> > didn't have this problem. But a lot of things have changed since...
>
> I've performed regression tests and finally isolate the faulty package:
> it's gnome-session-2.14.1-2. Reverting to FC5 original gnome-
> session-2.14.0-1 solves the problem. I don't know if other versions
> where built in the meantime, so I can't precisely determine whether the
> log in problem only appears with the latest gnome-session version or
> not. Does this issue only affect ia64 systems or other architectures
> too? Should I file a bug report?

you have most probably found a regression bug... look if its already
filed... if not... file it.

regards,
Rudolf Kastl


>
>        Émeric
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