Description of problem: With recent rawhide (after 20070720?), I am unable to login from gdm as a user to start a desktop session. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.19.4-1.fc8 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. install fedora development 2. add a user (firstboot currently seems to crash) 3. try to login as user from gdm Actual results: 3. Dialog appears: Expected results: login to work Additional info: Not sure if this is gdm's fault since it was last updated 10 July, but I am able to start a desktop session without any problem with startx from a console.
Is this just me? If not, looks like a f8t1 blocker to me...
It works for me if you log in as root and add a user using system-config-users. Adding a user with 'usermod' does *not* work - is that how you created the normal user? What's the difference between 'usermod -m' and account creation with system-config-users?
Yes, I used adduser, and you're right system-config-users works for me too. Moving to shadow-utils.
Sorry forgot to include the text from the dialog, but basically it is to the affect: your home directory /home/user does not appear to exist. (Normally I would make my account with firstboot but currently firstboot is not coming up for me...)
I can't reproduce this problem and I don't suspect shadow-utils fault here. There wasn't many changes in shadow-utils last "days". What shadow-utils and selinux-policy do you use? Is the anything important in logs? Could you provide "strace -f" of useradd.
I can't replicate it either. Dropping from F8Test1 tracker.
Ok, could it be selinux perhaps?
Indeed this seems to be fixed with the latest selinux-policy which will be in test3 I think.