On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Norman Elton wrote: >We've setup NIS/NFS to automount our home directories, and provide >centralized passwords. The entire system runs on RHEL v3, and works >fine for text-only logins. However; when we login using the GUI, the >password is accepted, and then the system hangs with the familiar >x-shaped cursor. The "Red Hat" screen doesn't even appear. > >I've tried mounting the directories manually, and the same happens, so >I don't believe the automounter is at fault. I've tried a few >combinations of NFS options, but am continuing to investigate more. >However, if I copy the home directory to the local machine, everything >loads fine. > >I've poked through the XFree86 logs, but don't see anything too scary. >I am; however, seeing messages of the form "lockd: Server XXX not >responding, still trying". But I can see the files in both mounted >directories. > >Any other ideas? I am posting my results in bug #102402, which was >initially opened for Red Hat 9, but the symptoms are nearly the same. > >Thanks for any other ideas, This: "lockd: Server XXX not responding, still trying", is an NFS server problem. Most likely your NFS server is not responding, and the X startup scripts can not access NFS mounted home dir files that are required to proceed. -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
