"John P. Verel" wrote:
> On 01/04/01, 07:40:31AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> > Am I the only person in the world who has seen this problem:
> >
> > Clean RH 7 new installation on Pentium II box.
> >
> > Using Gnome desktop.
> >
> > Attempt to login at GUI screen.
> >
> > Systems login starts, then the GUI login screen comes back!
> >
> > This has happened on at least three occasions on three different
> > machines.
> >
> > I have twice gotten the system working again by reinstalling the X
> > system, but I haven't found the specific cause of the failure.
> >
> > The other time I found a .cshrc file with an error which caused the
> > problem.
> >
> > But now I am stumped once again. Before I reinstall X again, has
> > anyone else had a similar problem that they fixed?
>
> I have had this problem from time to time. What I do first is be sure
> all my temp directories are cleaned out. If that doesn't do it, I reset
> Gnome session management at login. To do this, hold down Control and
> Shift while clicking the Login button. You'll get two choices: reset
> with default programs and reset all user settings. Try the first choice
> one. The second option destroys any changes you've made to the Panel,
> Gnome File Manager, Session Manager Capplet and any Gnome application.
>
> Resetting to start with default programs should fix the problem
Seems like I had a similar deal with my home partition full. Now when I
have weird stuff happen like that, first thing I do is
df
HTH
Bret
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