Taking first steps on CentOS 7 1804. Logging into the Gnome/Gnome classic desktop from gdm works only for root. For other users, the screen flashes and the login screen returns. KDE/Plasma login is successful but ends up with a black screen with mouse pointer while all desktop processes appear to be running. The CentOS 7 system is running in a CentOS6 KVM virtual machine, which may be the problem. I have no physical machine for testing right now. These logins work for non-root users when the system is built from the CentOS 7 DVD. The non-working installation stems from a kickstart install which essentially includes a much larger number of packages, some 6k vs. 2.5k from DVD install). Maybe there are conflicts, but I have not been able to isolate anything.
isdtor wrote:> Taking first steps on CentOS 7 1804. > > Logging into the Gnome/Gnome classic desktop from gdm works only for root. > For other users, the screen flashes and the login screen returns. > KDE/Plasma login is successful but ends up with a black screen with mouse > pointer while all desktop processes appear to be running. > > The CentOS 7 system is running in a CentOS6 KVM virtual machine, which may > be the problem. I have no physical machine for testing right now. > > These logins work for non-root users when the system is built from the > CentOS 7 DVD. The non-working installation stems from a kickstart install > which essentially includes a much larger number of packages, some 6k vs. > 2.5k from DVD install). Maybe there are conflicts, but I have not been > able to isolate anything. >Sounds like an authorization issue. Have you checked both /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure? If you're using /etc/password, are its permissions and ownership correct? Are the user's home directories owned by them? mark> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
> Sounds like an authorization issue. Have you checked both > /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure? If you're using /etc/password, are > its permissions and ownership correct? Are the user's home directories > owned by them?Nothing relevant in these log files. The test user is in NIS and home directory is auto-mounted. All of this works, user can login through text console and ssh. selinux is disabled. But even startx isn't working, and again the Xorg log doesn't give any indication what might be the problem.