Debian Configuration :: Squeeze X Login Stopped Working - Console Works
Mar 30, 2011
I have been using my system for couple of weeks, and normally update software when the icon is displayed on top bar (gnome). Last couple of days there were updates for X, and I am not sure whether that is the cause of my problem. Once bootup, I get the login screen. When enter the password the login screen keep coming back. there is no error about any password issue, or anything. It keeps prompt me to enter the password.
I could login back the following way.
1. ctrl + alt + F1 , and login with the same username/pwd as for X
2.change to root
3.pkill gdm3
4.exit from root to user privilege
5. startx
The system starts X correctly and no login screen is displayed. I could use the system as usual.
The only thing I did custom to my system was upgrading to the latest kernel (2.6.38) using the source. This was to get support for my hardware, but that was about a month ago. I do not see anything in /var/log (X, demesg etc).
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May 22, 2011
I installed 2.6.38 from backports. It boots OK, and among the start-up messages it says it has started kdm, but then it offers only a console login prompt, no GUI. I assumed (perhaps optimistically?) that newer kernels would be backward-compatible, and that any dependencies on other software would be enforced by the package mechanisms. Running amd64, Squeeze, KDE.
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su: Authentication failure
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Code: Select all~# mount -t cifs //192.168.97.66/sharefolder/ /localfolder -o rw,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777,username=NASuser,password=**** -vvv
mount: fstab path: "/etc/fstab"
mount: mtab path:Â "/etc/mtab"
mount: lock path:Â "/etc/mtab~"
mount: temp path:Â "/etc/mtab.tmp"
mount: UID:Â Â Â Â 0
mount: eUID:Â Â Â Â 0
mount: spec:Â "//192.168.97.66/sharefolder/"
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# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
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#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:Â Â Â Â Â plexmediaserver
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Choising an hardware in LINUX is not easy since one has to check before whether it is supported. A large hardware base is supported , but not everything.
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After a required:
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