Description of problem: When I attempt to log in to gnome, it accepts my password then immediately takes me to the login prompt again. I can not log in as root or any local user. I do not know which log files to look at for more information, but I can obtain whatever is necessary. I updated my system via yum today (5/16/2008), however there was no update which fixed the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): The version which shipped with Fedora 9 How reproducible: Every single time, gnome is entirely unusable. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Turn on computer 2.Try to login at the graphical prompt (using root or user account) 3. Actual results: Returns to the login screen Expected results: Play with Fedora 9 with an honest to goodness Desktop (!) Additional info: I can log in perfectly fine in runlevel 3. If I then type in "startx", I am taken to the ugly X grey screen with the Xterm, no gnome.
I had the same symptoms. The cause turned out to be that /etc/gdm was a symlink to ./X11/gdm rather than a real directory, which meant that /etc/gdm/Xsession (which is a link to ../X11/xinit/Xsession) could not be found.
Thanks for the info. I believe my machine may be showing the same symptoms for a different reason as /etc/gdm is a directory and the symlink from /etc/gdm/Xsession to ../X11/xinit/Xsession appears to be setup correctly. ---- [root@localhost gdm]# ls -ld /etc/gdm drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2008-05-13 19:57 /etc/gdm [root@localhost gdm]# ls -l /etc/gdm/Xsession lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2008-05-13 19:57 /etc/gdm/Xsession -> ../X11/xinit/Xsession [root@localhost gdm]# ls -l /etc/gdm/../X11/xinit/Xsession -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3259 2008-03-12 12:57 /etc/gdm/../X11/xinit/Xsession ---- Thanks again for the info, and please let me know if there is anything more I can do.
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