On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 06:38:51AM -0700, Pad Bambury wrote: > Hey all, > problem with logging in to a pc. Can shell in > remotely, and log in using the consoles, but the gnome > login merely disappears as if it's going to work and > then brings you back to the login screen.
typically, the graphical display/login managers like gdm exhibit this behaviour if your login shell isn't listed in /etc/shells -- so you might want to check that (if unsure about your login shell: it's the last entry of the lines in /etc/passwd). I'm not sure, however, whether in this case it would be possible to login at all (remotely or via console)... > Did the command startx &> x.log in one of the consoles > and got this output, can anyone shed any light on it > for me please: > > Fatal server error: > Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove > /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. if you have X already running, then this is the message one would expect. If not, then simply do what the message suggests ;) Erdmut -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing ag -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
