Since it has been two days with no response, and this kind of reminds me of a problem I had several months back (but who knows if it is related, thread at <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2011-December/thread.html#411240>), On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Allen <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > We have a multi-workstation network, with several nodes running F16/XFCE > on remote-mounted home directories. Is the remote mounted home directory for the affected user accessible? > All users can log in and out without > any difficulty except one. This user gives name and password but then > freezes indefinitely. Can the user log in non-X11 via ssh or on a virtual console? How about logging in from a different box? > 'ps' shows a variety of tasks running, but nothing > appears on screen except the standard wallpaper; time is present but > nothing else. Running are startxfce, xfce-session, etc. How about xfwm4? > User can be > cleared by "kill -15 <startxfce-pid> and other users can log then log in. Are other users blocked on the one box or all over the network? > What might be causing the freeze - is there some lockfile that needs > removing to unlock the user's account? > > Jonathan Have you tried the brutal method of deleting the caches or the xfce state? -- Joel Rees -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org