> I recently rebooted my system (actually the system went down hard) and now I
> can't log in from the X login screen.
>
> If I log in via the console and type startx, X comes up but it's drastically
> different than what I was used to.
>
> /var/log/messages has the following entries:
> date enomem PAM_pwdb[791]: (gdm) session opened for user bmb by (uid=0)
> date enomem automount[462]: attempting to mount entry /home/bmb
> date enomem gdm[791]: gdm_auth_user_remove: /home/bmb is not owned by uid 0.
> date enomem gdm[791]: gdm_auth_user_remove: Ignoring suspiciously looking
> cookie file /home/bmb/.Xauthority
>
> Has anyone experienced this before. I don't know much about X so when it
> breaks I'm really hurting.
>
> -bmb-
>
Have you upgraded Gnome recently (especially via Helix)? Check in your
home-directory .gnome-errors. I found out that the upgrade last-week removed
an important library, and didn't replace it. I got the same errors you're
showing, but when I checked .gnome-errors, it indicated it couldn't find that
library (wish I could remember exactly which one, it would help).
Also, check if you can start X with something besides Gnome. This was my clue
- I could start in blackbox just fine, but not in Gnome
And no, I don't know why the error shows up like a security error.
Hope this helps
jeff
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To remove (files and directories) from
permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the
wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews." Oppose
nuke.
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