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As many of you are aware I have been fighting an issue with gdm, |
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currently I am at the point where I could not login to gdm using my |
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normal user account, but I can login using the root account. I found |
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the same issue in the forums |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-358052-highlight-gdm.html. I can |
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create new user accounts that work correctly (I can log in and get to |
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the gnome desktop). However I have deleted my old normal user |
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account, after making a backup, then I recreated the old account |
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using useradd -d /home/george -G |
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users,wheel,gdm,floppy,audio,cdrom,games,cdrw -m george. |
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Now when I attempt to login to that account I am getting cascading |
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errors and when I reach the "desktop" it is a black screen with |
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computer and trash as the only icons and not toolbars. I can right |
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click on the desktop and get the normal menu to get out of that |
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account. I have checked the permissions of both accounts |
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geo@george /home $ ls -l george |
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total 0 |
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drwxr-xr-x 2 george users 48 Jul 25 12:12 Desktop |
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geo@george /home $ |
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geo@george /home $ ls -l geo |
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total 0 |
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drwxr-xr-x 2 geo users 48 Jul 25 11:38 Desktop |
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geo@george /home $ |
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so I know that is not the issue here. |
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My question now is am I missing something here or is my computer on |
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drugs and I need to find work arounds to get the information from my |
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old account backups to this account? |
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Any thoughts or pointers on this will greatly appricietated. |
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Thanks in advance. |
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