[newbie] user login problems ...
Hi all, I cannot login as my normal user to any window manager or even at init 3 but if I su to ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ricks]$ su ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ ll it will let me login but running an app ... [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ sylpheed Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 or even this [bash 09:40 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ opera Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified opera: cannot connect to X server :0 Any ideas how to fix this ? RickS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user login problems ...
RickS wrote: Hi all, I cannot login as my normal user to any window manager or even at init 3 but if I su to ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ricks]$ su ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ ll it will let me login but running an app ... [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ sylpheed Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 or even this [bash 09:40 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ opera Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified opera: cannot connect to X server :0 Any ideas how to fix this ? RickS It sounds like you have two seperate problems here. I'll take a stab at the easy one first. If you are starting X as root, you will not be able to run X programs as a normal user. The reasion for that is that the user that starts X, or logs in a the window manager screen, owns the display. There are security conserns with letting other users access the X server. If you use su username, and then start X, there some problems as well. Because you are username, but have the envirment of the user you were before running su, things get confused. If you use su - username, and then start X, things should work right. Now, as for not being able to log in as a normal user, if would be helpfull to know what kind of error message. Without that, the only thing I can think of is to check /etc, and see if there is a nologin file. This file is normaly created when you use shutdown with a delay time, and prevents normal users from logging in. If this file is still there for some reasion, deleting it will allow normal logins again. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user login problems ...
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:26:26 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RickS wrote: Hi all, I cannot login as my normal user to any window manager or even at init 3 but if I su to ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ricks]$ su ricks [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ ll it will let me login but running an app ... [bash 09:31 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ sylpheed Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0 or even this [bash 09:40 PM] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ricks]$ opera Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified opera: cannot connect to X server :0 Any ideas how to fix this ? RickS It sounds like you have two seperate problems here. I'll take a stab at the easy one first. If you are starting X as root, you will not be able to run X programs as a normal user. Thx .. makes sense to me 8) Now, as for not being able to log in as a normal user, if would be helpfull to know what kind of error message. Without that, the only thing I can think of is to check /etc, and see if there is a nologin file. This file is normaly created when you use shutdown with a delay time, and prevents normal users from logging in. If this file is still there for some reasion, deleting it will allow normal logins again. Mikkel thx Mikkel, There wasnt a nologin file in /etc .. and I can't find any error messages .. ?? or nothing in the logs .. I reboot and autologin doesn't work so it dumps back to login and thats where I would login to root. I also added a user that can access and start kde or fluxbox with no problems ... jus not sure where to look anymore ? RickS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user login problems ...
RickS wrote: thx Mikkel, There wasnt a nologin file in /etc .. and I can't find any error messages .. ?? or nothing in the logs .. I reboot and autologin doesn't work so it dumps back to login and thats where I would login to root. I also added a user that can access and start kde or fluxbox with no problems ... jus not sure where to look anymore ? RickS Oh, autologin doesn't work. I thought you could not log in as a normal user at the login prompt. You can run bootdrake, and check to make sure it is still set to autologin, and that the correct user is selected. Also, if you have not set a password for a user, you will not be able to log in, even though you can autologin as that user at boot. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user login problems ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:01:28 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |RickS wrote: | | thx Mikkel, There wasnt a nologin file in /etc .. and I can't | find any error messages .. ?? or nothing in the logs .. I reboot | and autologin doesn't work so it dumps back to login and thats | where I would login to root. I also added a user that can access | and start kde or fluxbox with no problems ... | | jus not sure where to look anymore ? | | RickS | |Oh, autologin doesn't work. I thought you could not log in as a |normal user at the login prompt. sorry I meant I couldn't login as myself and as a result autologin wouldn't work. | |Mikkel |-- but I copied the .Xauthority file from the user I created to my current normal user $HOME and it's now working .. not sure what happened though. RickS +--+ MandrakeLinux 10.0 official - 2.6.3-13mdk-i686-up-4GB gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 +--+ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. -- Michel de Montaigne -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAynhSJo/ckCSqvmERAolqAJ0UjXt2I11U9t2pEMHzHDVOsV5JCQCfcg/+ qSYAzzWxgLbfe+gIM3o8Lg0= =dKAv -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] user login problems ...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 22:01:28 -0500 Mikkel L. Ellertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |RickS wrote: | | thx Mikkel, There wasnt a nologin file in /etc .. and I can't find| any error messages .. ?? or nothing in the logs .. I reboot and| autologin doesn't work so it dumps back to login and thats where I| would login to root. I also added a user that can access and start| kde or fluxbox with no problems ... | | jus not sure where to look anymore ? | | RickS | |Oh, autologin doesn't work. I thought you could not log in as a normal |user at the login prompt. You can run bootdrake, and check to make sure |it is still set to autologin, and that the correct user is selected. |Also, if you have not set a password for a user, you will not be able to |log in, even though you can autologin as that user at boot.| |Mikkel |-- btw .. thanks again for the help 8) RickS +--+ MandrakeLinux 10.0 official - 2.6.3-13mdk-i686-up-4GB gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.keyserver.net 0x24AABE61 +--+ Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAynnMJo/ckCSqvmERAk9xAKCn5lLt94N6twUpo6brRk3CnYq+egCeN2SQ t+QVWJK74bWFnb1uRXEed78= =yPiF -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
