James B. Byrne
2016-Jul-21 15:31 UTC
[CentOS] users unable to log into kde after 6.8 update
On Thu, July 21, 2016 07:56, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote:> El 21/7/16 a las 8:53, geo.inbox.ignore escribi?: > >> greetings to all. >> >> centos = 6.8 current >> system = toshiba l455d-s5976 laptop >> >> a new problem has developed after 1st updating of 6.8. >> >> regular user is not able to open kde desktop, can open >> gnome desktop. >> >> root user can open either kde or gnome desktop. >> >> as a user, when i try to open kde, after entering password, >> screen goes to a solid blue, then shows a quick full screen >> view of command line text, too quick to read, then screen >> changes back to login prompt. >> >> logged in as root, i created a second user, still have same >> results as above. >> >> searching thru 2+ years of local archives revealed nothing, >> nor does web searching. >> >> any advise, recommendation, suggestion appreciated. >> >> tia. >> > Hello > > If it works for root and not for users, it seems a permissions problem > > I'd try: > > chown -R username.username /home/username > > Hope it helps > >Is SELinux enabled? If so then what does 'audit2why -l -a' say? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2016-Jul-21 17:20 UTC
[CentOS] users unable to log into kde after 6.8 update
James B. Byrne wrote:> > On Thu, July 21, 2016 07:56, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: >> El 21/7/16 a las 8:53, geo.inbox.ignore escribi?: >> >>> greetings to all. >>> >>> centos = 6.8 current >>> system = toshiba l455d-s5976 laptop >>> >>> a new problem has developed after 1st updating of 6.8. >>> >>> regular user is not able to open kde desktop, can open >>> gnome desktop. >>> >>> root user can open either kde or gnome desktop. >>> >>> as a user, when i try to open kde, after entering password, >>> screen goes to a solid blue, then shows a quick full screen >>> view of command line text, too quick to read, then screen >>> changes back to login prompt. >>> >>> logged in as root, i created a second user, still have same >>> results as above.<snip> 1. Have you looked at /var/log/secure? 2. Does the file /etc/nologin exist? 3. Look at /etc/pam.d/login, and see if pam_nolgin.so is referenced. mark