Re: gdm login busted

["Jim Duda" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I figured out what was happening.
My home directory is NFS mounted to another server machine.
During the last day when gdm logins worked, I apparently installed NetworkControl-gnome.
I'm not sure why, I don't have wireless on this machine.  Just futzing around with the new fc8 toy.
For whatever reason, NetworkControl-gnome was causing my eth0 to drop, losing my NFS connection and the home mount.
When I attempted to login with the home mount missing, gdm appeared to freeze.
I removed NetworkControl-gnome and my problem has been resolved.
Jim


"Jim Duda" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fsou15$gn2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I recently upgraded from fc7 to fc8, about a week ago.
>
> Today, my gdm login is busted.  After I enter my user name and password, gdm just hangs, and never starts up the 
> desktop.
>
> I have to boot the computer into init 3, login to a shell, then run startx.
>
> I do know what I could have done to break this.
>
> I no longer have a "login screen" configuration entry in system->administration, if that means anything to anyone.
>
> I uninstalled and reinstalled gdm, no luck.
>
> Same issue with any login, including root.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Jim
>
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