System crash

[Barry Brimer]

Backup your current /etc/pam.d directory, and use rpm to reinstall your 
pam.  If needed boot into rescue mode, and then try.  You might need to 
use the --replacepkgs option in rpm .. and in this case using --repackage 
couldn't hurt either.

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Cliff wrote:

> It's a Pam issue I'm pretty sure I just don't know how to fix it
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 24, 2010, at 7:37 PM, mark <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
>> cliff here wrote:
>>> I apologize this is more of a Fedora questions, but I just had a machine
>>> crash during an update, and on reboot I find I can't log into X, I check 
>>> my
>>> /var/log/secure and I get an statement about my X login
>>> User not know to the underlying authentication module
>>> but I can login to the TTY, any expedited hel[ would be greatly 
>>> appreciated.
>> Sounds like the update updated the video driver, and you need to redo the X 
>> setup.
>> 
>>    mark
>> 
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