Hi all: The situation: RHL 6.1 based server.... created user (having 9-character username) using Linuxconf. The user created belongs to a group called "main" and another supplimental group called "dataops". The Problem: user gets created without trouble... allows logging in.... but while trying to start X for the first time, the gnome splash screen with RHAD comes up and then it sits still with the "x" cursor against the griddy backgdrop. Killing X with Ctrl+Alt+Bksp brings me back to the prompt.... with a 'ls' I end up staring at a core file in the user's home directory as the extra baggage. However, creation of other users is not a problem & with these there are no problem with running X. I have been giving support over phone and I have to solve this by tomorrow morning by going over to the client's place (hence the urgency ;) .... how do I go abt understanding what is happening here ?? (I will be of course sending the error output to a log file... so other than that??)... anyone to clue me in as to what could be going wrong here??? Need help fast!! TIA, --Indra. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LI is all for free speech, but this list was created for a purpose -- to help popularise Linux in India. If your messages are counterproductive to that purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.
