workaround.. gnome login loop.. on to xfce
Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:22 pm
So recently I did something (not sure what) and somehow got fedora stuck in the login screen. In order to use webVNC, there must be a VNCservers defined user logged in to the desktop.
I lost this somehow and first tried..
as root:
which gave me the same issue: when booting into the desktop I at least got into the login, but after successfully entering the correct password I would be stuck in a login loop. It would just return to the login prompt.
It's worth noting that if I were to press [ctrl+shift+F2] (?) i could use the terminal to login and it would work fine. So it would seem to me that the gnome desktop somehow "forgot" how to procees past login.
I figured it's worth trying another environment in case tying back into everything else would still work.
Other forums and users seemed to have found a different environment came to their advantage.
I'm familiar with XFCE on my other laptop and it's my lightweight enviro of choice.
here's what i did..
as root...
The update in between were just a hunch of mine that perhaps an update would solve any obsolescence issues or missing file issues.
So then after the reboot, it booted into xfce just fine and the login was working!
I double-checked all my user passwords from the control panel and made sure amahi's functionality was working.
The only issue that remained is that I still can't initiate VNC from webvnc. I get a user error when I
and I had already modified what users are VNC-able.
At this point I'm stuck.
Any input?
I lost this somehow and first tried..
as root:
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yum remove gdm
yum install gdmIt's worth noting that if I were to press [ctrl+shift+F2] (?) i could use the terminal to login and it would work fine. So it would seem to me that the gnome desktop somehow "forgot" how to procees past login.
I figured it's worth trying another environment in case tying back into everything else would still work.
Other forums and users seemed to have found a different environment came to their advantage.
I'm familiar with XFCE on my other laptop and it's my lightweight enviro of choice.
here's what i did..
as root...
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yum remove gdm
yum update
yum groupinstall xfce
// it could have been just ..
yum install xfce
yum update
reboot
So then after the reboot, it booted into xfce just fine and the login was working!
I double-checked all my user passwords from the control panel and made sure amahi's functionality was working.
The only issue that remained is that I still can't initiate VNC from webvnc. I get a user error when I
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service vncservers statusAt this point I'm stuck.
Any input?
