Description of problem: I just get a black screen with a mouse pointer Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.20.1-7.fc8 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Upgrade to F8 2. Reboot 3. Actual results: See above Expected results: Login screen Additional info: /var/log/secure keeps being appended to with cryptic messages such as: Dec 3 07:50:26 njh gdm-binary[586]: pam_selinux_permit(gdm:auth): Cannot determine the user's name Dec 3 07:50:26 njh gdm-binary[586]: gkr-pam: couldn't get the user name: Conversation error
It seems like your authentication stack might be messed up. Does logging in from a console work? Can you attach /etc/pam.d/system-auth ? if you add *.* /var/log/debug_messages to /etc/rsyslog.conf and then do /sbin/service rsyslog restart then try to reproduce do you get more useful messages in /var/log/debug_messages ?
Yes, login from console works. I'll try the other suggestions.
Cool, thanks.
I found that by reinstalling gdm rpm -Uvh --force gdm-2.20.1-7.fc8.i386.rpm it now works. Presumably something had corrupted one of the program's files. Let's hope it doesn't happen again.
okay, i'm going to close this WORKSFORME. We haven't had any other reports so it may have just be corrupted media or a phase-of-the-moon type thing.