FC1 moving home directory location stalls gnome login?

[Jonathan Rawle]

w fm3 wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am trying to move the location of a number of home directories for
> example /home/username to /home2/username
> 
> I do this and change the passwd file and i get a severe stall (about
> 10mins)
> after  login - "Loading metacity window manager" takes a good few minutes.
> 
> If i move things back the way they were it all works fine.
> 
> Anyone know what the problem might be?
> 

/home/username must be hard-coded into a configuration file somewhere. You
could try a grep search in the .gnome2 directory.

As a (temporary?) solution, you could create symbolic links pointing from
/home/username to /home2/username


Jonathan