Check if those users have a ~/.dmrc file from which they select e.g. the gnome-flashback session, which doesn't exist in mate.
If so, delete those files. On 15/05/2017 06:24 πμ, Joseph Bishay wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I hope you are all doing very well today. > > We have a new LTSP server for our school. It is a base OS of > Ubuntu-Mate that then has LTSP installed on top of it in 2-NIC > configuration. We've been running such a system for over a decade > with lots of success. > > When we were copying over our users /home folders, we came across a > strange problem -- some users are able to log on from the fat clients, > but some users cannot. All users can log into the server directly if > they are standing at the server, but not all those same users can log > in from a fat client! I am unable to determine what is the difference > between those who are able to log in and those who cannot. > > We have tried to update the SSH keys and the ltsp-image, but no > effect. Some users can log in, some cannot. > > For those who cannot, what happens is they log in, put the correct > password, and they see the login screen go away as if it is loading > their desktop, the mouse turns into the loading cursor, and then it > just loads up the login screen again. It is definitely not the same > thing that happens if they were to put a wrong password. > > Where should we look for clues? How could we fix this please? > > Thank you! > Joseph > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
