GNOME Login Problem
Brian D. McGrew
brian at doubledimension.com
Thu Aug 26 17:53:31 UTC 2004
OK ... So then it's pretty safe to assume that it's not something in
the environment then. How about network connectivity? Are you able to
reach the rest of your network without any problems? What are you
using for authentication? NIS or LDAP?
What about your defualtrouter and DNS setup, is that all correct? I
assume that you can open a browser and get to the web ok (logged in as
root, of course)?
Also one lat thing to try ... Create a user that's in your
authentication system but put the home directory local on the
workstation and see if that works? I'm wondering if there is some
issue with write permissions in the authentication process.
-brian
Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
--
> YOU! Off my planet!
On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> Using RHEL3's defaults.
>
> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bashrc
> # .bashrc
>
> # User specific aliases and functions
>
> # Source global definitions
> if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
> . /etc/bashrc
> fi
> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bash_profile
> # .bash_profile
>
> # Get the aliases and functions
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> . ~/.bashrc
> fi
>
> # User specific environment and startup programs
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
> export PATH
> unset USERNAME
> [guest at ibmlnx21 guest]$ echo $PATH
> /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/
> guest/bin
>
> Oliver
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:34:57 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
>> Show us your .bash_profile and .bashrc files. Are all the users using
>> default system files or are any of these customized? Also, is
>> /usr/X11R6/bin in your path and /usr/X11R6/lib in your
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
>>
>> -brian
>>
>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>> --
>>> YOU! Off my planet!
>>
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I should have mentioned that as well. KDE sits at the same blank
>>> screen with cursor after successfully authenticating the user via
>>> GDM.
>>> As I mentioned previously, the "failsafe" session works fine.
>>>
>>> Oliver
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:24:40 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
>>>> Those two lines look good. The only reason for the automounter
>>>> would
>>>> be a matter of simplicity not functionality.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried logging in with KDE or any other window manager
>>>> besides
>>>> gnome?
>>>>
>>>> -brian
>>>>
>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>>>> --
>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Relevant line from server's /etc/exports:
>>>>> /home 128.119.158.0/24(rw,sync)
>>>>>
>>>>> Relevant line from client's /etc/fstab:
>>>>> 128.119.163.32:/home /home nfs
>>>>> rw,hard,intr
>>>>> 0 0
>>>>>
>>>>> I did not consider using the automounter, since I assumed a simple
>>>>> mount via fstab would do the trick. I will look into this.
>>>>>
>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:08:59 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
>>>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Ok ... so if it occurs with a brand new user with nothing special
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> the login, (unlike my login environment which is going 14 years
>>>>>> old
>>>>>> now) then lets have a look at your /etc/fstab on the client and
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> /etc/exports file from the server.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, if I may ask, why aren't you using the automounter (amd)
>>>>>> instead
>>>>>> of hard mounting the in the fstab?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
>>>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I should mention this happens with all of the users. I've even
>>>>>>> created
>>>>>>> some "fresh" accounts, using RHEL3's defaults, and the same
>>>>>>> problems
>>>>>>> occur.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here are the permissions under one of the test accounts:
>>>>>>> drwx------ 5 guest guest 4096 Aug 26 16:20 .
>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 25 14:13 ..
>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 60 Aug 26 14:32
>>>>>>> .bash_history
>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 24 Sep 18 2003
>>>>>>> .bash_logout
>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 191 Sep 18 2003
>>>>>>> .bash_profile
>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 124 Sep 18 2003 .bashrc
>>>>>>> drwx------ 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gconfd
>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 2 guest guest 4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gnome2
>>>>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 guest guest 120 Aug 20 2003 .gtkrc
>>>>>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 guest guest 11 Aug 26 14:31
>>>>>>> guest_test.txt
>>>>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 guest guest 4096 Aug 24 14:01 .kde
>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 607 Aug 26 14:31 .viminfo
>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20
>>>>>>> .Xauthority
>>>>>>> -rw------- 1 guest guest 0 Aug 26 16:20
>>>>>>> .xsession-errors
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:50:41 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
>>>>>>> <brian at doubledimension.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I would have a look in the users home directory and make sure
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> have correct permissions on all the dot files (.gnome, .gtkrc,
>>>>>>>> etc)
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> that the correct ownership is set. I saw this problem once on
>>>>>>>> Solaris
>>>>>>>> with Sun's gnome recently.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -brian
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brian D. McGrew { brian at doubledimension.com ||
>>>>>>>> pacemakertaker at yahoo.com }
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> YOU! Off my planet!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am experiencing a problem logging onto the GNOME desktop with
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> following setup:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Server (RHEL3 AS) is exporting /home via NFS and running an
>>>>>>>>> LDAP
>>>>>>>>> server for authentication. Client (RHEL3 WS) is mounting /home
>>>>>>>>> via
>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> entry in /etc/fstab.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The mount works fine, and client is set up for LDAP
>>>>>>>>> authentication
>>>>>>>>> correctly. I can log in through the console or SSH into the
>>>>>>>>> client
>>>>>>>>> machine and access the user's home directory and work perfectly
>>>>>>>>> normally.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The only problem I have is when I try to log onto the client
>>>>>>>>> machine
>>>>>>>>> using GDM to run X locally. If I log in as one of the users on
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> server, with their home directory in the mounted share, the
>>>>>>>>> user
>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>> authenticated and the screen turns blank with a cursor and sits
>>>>>>>>> there,
>>>>>>>>> not bringing up a GNOME desktop. I can log in through GDM into
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> "failsafe" session, but not GNOME. If I log in as root on the
>>>>>>>>> client
>>>>>>>>> machine, everything works fine, and the GNOME desktop comes up
>>>>>>>>> correctly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are no obvious errors in the logs that I can find.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oliver
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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