Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual page 942

5 Try to log in from a console (using Ctrl + Alt + F1 ). If this is successful, the blame
6 If the user's home directory has been used with another Linux distribution, remove
7 If graphical login still fails, do a console login with Ctrl + Alt + F1 . Try to start
8 If the desktop could not start because of corrupt configuration files, proceed with
51.4.3 Login Successful but GNOME Desktop
If this is true for a particular user, it is likely that the user's GNOME configuration files
have become corrupted. Some symptoms might include the keyboard failing to work,
the screen geometry becoming distorted, or even the screen coming up as a bare gray
field. The important distinction is that if another user logs in, the machine works nor-
mally. If this is the case, it is likely that the problem can be fixed relatively quickly by
simply moving the user's GNOME configuration directory to a new location, which
924 Installation and Administration
log/messages file. Locate the time stamps that correspond to the login at-
tempts and determine if PAM has produced any error messages.
cannot be put on PAM or the directory server on which the user's home is hosted,
because it is possible to authenticate this user on this machine. Try to locate any
problems with the X Window System or the desktop (GNOME or KDE). For
more information, refer to
Desktop Fails " (page 924) and
Desktop Fails" (page 925).
the Xauthority file in the user's home. Use a console login via Ctrl + Alt +
F1 and run rm .Xauthority as this user. This should eliminate X authentica-
tion problems for this user. Try a graphical login again.
an X session on another display—the first one (:0) is already in use:
startx -- :1
This should bring up a graphical screen and your desktop. If it does not, check
the log files of the X Window System (/var/log/Xorg.displaynumber
.log) or the log file for your desktop applications (.xsession-errors in
the user's home directory) for any irregularities.
Section 51.4.3, "Login Successful but GNOME Desktop Fails "
Section 51.4.4, "Login Successful but KDE Desktop Fails"
Fails
Section 51.4.3, "Login Successful but GNOME
Section 51.4.4, "Login Successful but KDE
(page 924) or
(page 925).