I'm NOT giving up. This is now my mission in life (when I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing). The guy with Win2K can login into the linux box again (must not have rebooted the box or something for my last post). WinXP clients no dice. I physically changed the the runlevel on the linux box by invoking:
# init 3 gdm -debug 10 -no daemon 2nd line invokes the display manager, which by default puts the system back in run level 5? Hence, that's why I didnt need to explicity change to run level 5 as I erroneously did in previous posts? Also explains why the system would display the message "display 0 already active, launching display 1"? greps taken following that command: [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# ps -ef |grep xdm root 4039 1 12 08:10 ? 00:00:01 xdm root 4043 3646 0 08:11 pts/0 00:00:00 grep xdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# ps -ef |grep kdm root 4045 3646 0 08:11 pts/0 00:00:00 grep kdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# ps -ef |grep gdm root 3282 3252 0 07:44 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/gdm-binary -debug 10 -nodaemon root 3320 3282 0 07:44 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/gdm-binary -debug 10 -nodaemon root 3321 3320 0 07:44 ? 00:00:02 /usr/X11R6/bin/X :0 -auth /var/gdm/:0.Xauth vt7 root 4047 3646 0 08:11 pts/0 00:00:00 grep gdm [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# ls boot.log cups ksyms.4 messages.1 rpmpkgs secure.3 up2date.3 xdm-errors boot.log.1 dmesg ksyms.5 messages.2 rpmpkgs.1 secure.4 up2date.4 XFree86.0.log boot.log.2 fax ksyms.6 messages.3 rpmpkgs.2 spooler uucp XFree86.0.log.old boot.log.3 gdm lastlog messages.4 rpmpkgs.3 spooler.1 vbox XFree86.1.log boot.log.4 httpd maillog mysqld.log.1 rpmpkgs.4 spooler.2 vsftpd.log XFree86.1.log.old canna iptraf maillog.1 mysqld.log.2 sa spooler.3 vsftpd.log.1 zebra cron kdm.log maillog.2 mysqld.log.3 samba spooler.4 vsftpd.log.2 cron.1 ksyms.0 maillog.3 mysqld.log.4 scrollkeeper.log squid vsftpd.log.3 cron.2 ksyms.1 maillog.4 news secure up2date vsftpd.log.4 cron.3 ksyms.2 mailman pgsql secure.1 up2date.1 wtmp cron.4 ksyms.3 messages privoxy secure.2 up2date.2 wtmp.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# Excerpt from XFree86.0.log (**) DevInputMice: Buttons: 5 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "DevInputMice" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded (II) DevInputMice: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded AUDIT: Fri Nov 14 07:44:42 2003: 3321 X: client 4 rejected from local host [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# I deleted all the log files from the /var/log/gdm folder. They were a lot of them, and they didnt seem to be changing from one day to the next. Following deletion, of these files I asked the Win2K guy to login, and then I tried to login, and no new 0:log files were generated in this sub-directory. Apparently, individual login attempts are not logged here. I need more specific guidance from the forum. I keep pasting the log entrys for the gdm into my mail, and they look the same - debug mode or not. Are these the log entries you are looking for? How do I discern which entry corresponds to the Win2K attempt vice the WinXP attempt?
