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From: Shawn Singh <callmeshawn@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Strangeness with KDE 3.4
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:20:35
Message-Id: 7225537e0601121616q28f42228tc6092a56b85581b4@mail.gmail.com
1 Rafael,
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3 Thank you for the suggestion. The UID falls w/i the range for both
4 users. Come to think of it, this started happening when I removed
5 kde-base and installed kde-meta.
6
7 I wonder if something got corrupted.
8
9 Shawn
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11 On 1/12/06, Rafael Fernández López <info@××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
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15 > Holly Bostick wrote:
16 > > Shawn Singh schreef:
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18 > >>Thanks Holly. The user can login from the console. The user's icon doesn't
19 > >>show in the list of users. Come to think of it, neither does my user show
20 > in
21 > >>the list. I can key in my username and password to authenticate, so I
22 > >>suspect (that since the other user can login from the console) she'll be
23 > >>able to do likewise....
24 > >>
25 > >>I guess the correct question to have asked is why won't my user's show up
26 > in
27 > >>the list of users?
28 > >>
29 > >
30 > > Have you looked in
31 > >
32 > >
33 > >>On 1/12/06, Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl> wrote:
34 > >>
35 > >>
36 > >>>the KDE Control Center=> System Administration=> Login
37 > >>>Manager=> Administrator Mode=> Users tab
38 > >
39 > >
40 > > ?
41 >
42 > Run `kuser` and look what UID has the user that is not getting visible
43 > into logging window. Typically when you create another user it will get
44 > a lower UID. (You'll later understand).
45 >
46 > Go to `kcontrol`, `System admin` (or something similar, I've got it in
47 > Spanish), and `Access admin`.
48 >
49 > Go to tab `Users`. See in `System UIDs` if your user UID is UNDER or
50 > GREATER that those numbers, it won't be shown on login window.
51 >
52 > Just change those numbers and you're set.
53 >
54 > Bye,
55 > Rafael Fernández López.
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