Re: GNOME Login Problem

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Using RHEL3's defaults.

[guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bashrc
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi
[guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME
[guest@ibmlnx21 guest]$ echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/guest/bin

Oliver

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:34:57 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
<brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Show us your .bash_profile and .bashrc files.  Are all the users using
> default system files or are any of these customized?  Also, is
> /usr/X11R6/bin in your path and /usr/X11R6/lib in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH?
> 
> -brian
> 
> Brian D. McGrew         { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ||
> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx }
> --
>  > YOU!  Off my planet!
> 
> 
> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:32 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I should have mentioned that as well. KDE sits at the same blank
> > screen with cursor after successfully authenticating the user via GDM.
> > As I mentioned previously, the "failsafe" session works fine.
> >
> > Oliver
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:24:40 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> > <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Those two lines look good.  The only reason for the automounter would
> >> be a matter of simplicity not functionality.
> >>
> >> Have you tried logging in with KDE or any other window manager besides
> >> gnome?
> >>
> >> -brian
> >>
> >> Brian D. McGrew         { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ||
> >> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx }
> >> --
> >>> YOU!  Off my planet!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:19 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> >>
> >>> Relevant line from server's /etc/exports:
> >>> /home   128.119.158.0/24(rw,sync)
> >>>
> >>> Relevant line from client's /etc/fstab:
> >>> 128.119.163.32:/home    /home                   nfs     rw,hard,intr
> >>>  0 0
> >>>
> >>> I did not consider using the automounter, since I assumed a simple
> >>> mount via fstab would do the trick. I will look into this.
> >>>
> >>> Oliver
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:08:59 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> >>> <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> Ok ... so if it occurs with a brand new user with nothing special in
> >>>> the login, (unlike my login environment which is going 14 years old
> >>>> now) then lets have a look at your /etc/fstab on the client and the
> >>>> /etc/exports file from the server.
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, if I may ask, why aren't you using the automounter (amd)
> >>>> instead
> >>>> of hard mounting the in the fstab?
> >>>>
> >>>> -brian
> >>>>
> >>>> Brian D. McGrew         { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ||
> >>>> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx }
> >>>> --
> >>>>> YOU!  Off my planet!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 10:00 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Brian,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I should mention this happens with all of the users. I've even
> >>>>> created
> >>>>> some "fresh" accounts, using RHEL3's defaults, and the same
> >>>>> problems
> >>>>> occur.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here are the permissions under one of the test accounts:
> >>>>> drwx------    5 guest    guest        4096 Aug 26 16:20 .
> >>>>> drwxr-xr-x    5 root     root         4096 Aug 25 14:13 ..
> >>>>> -rw-------    1 guest    guest          60 Aug 26 14:32
> >>>>> .bash_history
> >>>>> -rw-r--r--    1 guest    guest          24 Sep 18  2003
> >>>>> .bash_logout
> >>>>> -rw-r--r--    1 guest    guest         191 Sep 18  2003
> >>>>> .bash_profile
> >>>>> -rw-r--r--    1 guest    guest         124 Sep 18  2003 .bashrc
> >>>>> drwx------    3 guest    guest        4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gconfd
> >>>>> drwxr-xr-x    2 guest    guest        4096 Aug 25 18:00 .gnome2
> >>>>> -rw-r--r--    1 guest    guest         120 Aug 20  2003 .gtkrc
> >>>>> -rw-rw-r--    1 guest    guest          11 Aug 26 14:31
> >>>>> guest_test.txt
> >>>>> drwxr-xr-x    3 guest    guest        4096 Aug 24 14:01 .kde
> >>>>> -rw-------    1 guest    guest         607 Aug 26 14:31 .viminfo
> >>>>> -rw-------    1 guest    guest           0 Aug 26 16:20 .Xauthority
> >>>>> -rw-------    1 guest    guest           0 Aug 26 16:20
> >>>>> .xsession-errors
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oliver
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:50:41 -0700, Brian D. McGrew
> >>>>> <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>> I would have a look in the users home directory and make sure that
> >>>>>> you
> >>>>>> have correct permissions on all the dot files (.gnome, .gtkrc,
> >>>>>> etc)
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> that the correct ownership is set.  I saw this problem once on
> >>>>>> Solaris
> >>>>>> with Sun's gnome recently.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> -brian
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Brian D. McGrew         { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ||
> >>>>>> pacemakertaker@xxxxxxxxx }
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> YOU!  Off my planet!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Aug 26, 2004, at 9:48 AM, Oliver Aaltonen wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I am experiencing a problem logging onto the GNOME desktop with
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> following setup:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Server (RHEL3 AS) is exporting /home via NFS and running an LDAP
> >>>>>>> server for authentication. Client (RHEL3 WS) is mounting /home
> >>>>>>> via
> >>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>> entry in /etc/fstab.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The mount works fine, and client is set up for LDAP
> >>>>>>> authentication
> >>>>>>> correctly. I can log in through the console or SSH into the
> >>>>>>> client
> >>>>>>> machine and access the user's home directory and work perfectly
> >>>>>>> normally.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> The only problem I have is when I try to log onto the client
> >>>>>>> machine
> >>>>>>> using GDM to run X locally. If I log in as one of the users on
> >>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>> server, with their home directory in the mounted share, the user
> >>>>>>> is
> >>>>>>> authenticated and the screen turns blank with a cursor and sits
> >>>>>>> there,
> >>>>>>> not bringing up a GNOME desktop. I can log in through GDM into a
> >>>>>>> "failsafe" session, but not GNOME. If I log in as root on the
> >>>>>>> client
> >>>>>>> machine, everything works fine, and the GNOME desktop comes up
> >>>>>>> correctly.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> There are no obvious errors in the logs that I can find.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Oliver
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> 
>


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