SOLVED: [gentoo-user] "gnomeui-warning": authentication rejected -- hangs on splash screen

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On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 13:41 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Unknown wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 22:27 +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > > Unknown wrote:
> > > > gnome-session shows mistakes,
> >
> > right now it showed smth like: "gnomeui-warning": while
> > connecting manager: authentication rejected, reason : none of the
> > authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based
> > authentication failed.
>
> That says it all, doesn't it?  Now, I have no idea what this means,
> but google for "none of the authentication protocols specified are
> supported" and you'll find plenty to read.
>
> But here are some things to try: run etc-update first.  If that
> didn't help, then re-emerge pam with 'emerge --oneshot pam' and run
> etc-update again, and show us the output of 'emerge -pv pam'.  Also
> post the output of 'emerge --info' and the contents of /etc/hosts.
>
> Another thing to try: go down to single-user mode, clean out /tmp
> and /var/tmp: make sure to remove every occurrence of .ICE* and
> similar files, also from your home dirs and from root's home dir.
>
> > > In short: too little info.
> > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >
> > ok, i agree i am inexpirienced, but it looks a bit like an insult
> > to me,
>
> Eh?  Why would I want to insult you?  I'm trying to help you, even
> though you are doing almost everything wrong: uninformative subject
> line, a rambling vague message, no actual error messages...  And
> no, also now I am not trying to insult you, just telling you how
> things are.
>
> > i did try to locate smth on google, [...]
>
> You didn't say.  You didn't say all the things you had already tried
> and searched.  How am I supposed to know?
>
> Benno

Thanks a lot for help, somehow famd wasn't allright, installation of
gamin saved the day...

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