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[ILUG] Mandrake 6.1 ( Helios ) login.

[ILUG] Mandrake 6.1 ( Helios ) login.

Glen Gray Glen.Gray at jria.ie
Fri Nov 26 12:03:52 GMT 1999


Are you trying a Graphical login. If so it could be a problem with your
session. One of your WindowManagers probably has the problem. Check in
the .xsession-errors file in the user's directory..

Glen.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Walsh [SMTP:Paul.Walsh at berlitz.ie]
> Sent:	Friday, November 26, 1999 10:51 AM
> To:	ilug at linux.ie
> Subject:	[ILUG] Mandrake 6.1 ( Helios ) login.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> After doing a custom install of Redhat Mandrake 6.1 when i first
> reboot the
> machine.
> All the services start Ok and the Localhost login prompt appears, when
> i try
> to login as 
> Root or as the Normal User that i created during the OS install
> nothing
> happens, the login prompt
> returns and i get no option to enter a password for the account... in
> other
> words i cannot login 
> to my new system.
> 
> Has anyone ever come across this problem before and a way to solve it?
> 
> Ta.
> Paul.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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