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devv_p
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 Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:01 am Post subject: GDM login fails |
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I'm having difficulties logging in to gnome. The boot process goes fine, the gnome login screen comes up and prompts me for my username and password. However after I enter my username and password and press enter, my screen turns off completely. I can still enter any of my terminals though. Any ideas?
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Ateo
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| Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| You should change your title since grub isn't the issue. Perhaps you're having issues with GDM? |
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devv_p
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| Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| oh yes, sorry, my bad |
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jesse_kahtava
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Since GDM appears to be working properly and the problem arises after logging in, it's probably a problem with your user's set resolution.
I'm not entirely sure if the following will work, but it's worth a shot:
Go to the console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and log in. You should now be in your home folder. Open the file .gconf/desktop/gnome/screen/default/0/%gconf.xml or similar with a text editor and you should see something similar to this:
| Code: | <?xml version="1.0"?>
<gconf>
<entry name="rate" mtime="1144089452" type="int" value="0">
</entry>
<entry name="resolution" mtime="1144089452" type="string">
<stringvalue>1024x768</stringvalue>
</entry>
</gconf>
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Try editing the line that says 1024x768 (in my example, anyway) and change it to 800x600. That should be supported well enough.
Again, I'm not entirely sure if this will work... go nuts |
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devv_p
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Beaauuutifull! Thanks for the help mr. kahtava! |
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