On 05/03/2008, Paula J. Lindsay <paula@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I have a box running fedora core 8. When this user logs into his > machine using kde, he ends up just getting a solid black screen. > I had him log into the machine using gnome, and he ended up with a solid > blue screen. It sounds to me like his setting are > corrupt or something to that effect. I know this isn't a fedora mailing > list, but I am really desperate to find a cure for this > poor user. He did try to log on to another machine with the same results. > > -- > Paula J. Lindsay > IT Analyst III > Research Computing > 10550 North Torrey Pines Road > La Jolla, CA 92037 > 858.784.9378 (office) > 858.784.9301 (fax) > paula@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Should be easy enough to test whether it's settings. Simply rename his home directory, and create a new one. Copy the files in /etc/skel to the newly created home directory. Make sure to set proper ownership. If he can log in this way, one of the hidden files/directories must contain errors. If you cannot determine which it might be, simply move all the non-hidden files and directories from the original home directory to the new one. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Herta -- "Life on Earth may be expensive, but it comes with a free ride around the Sun." -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
