Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com> Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'. As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user. Interestingly, 'su a' results in the cursor 'pwd' to be the root home directory and not '/home/a'.
Do you have the correct graphics drivers installed (xf86-video-*)? At least xf86-video-vesa should work. See <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Driver_installation>
Yes, according to the successful initiation of an x session when signed in as root and the driver installation test instructions.
On 24.03.14 at 21:08, message wrote:
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com> Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'.
As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user.
Interestingly, 'su a' results in the cursor 'pwd' to be the root home directory and not '/home/a'.
This is the expected behaviour. Just run the command 'cd', without arguments it will get you into the home directory, which should be '/home/a'. Or run 'su -l a'.
Do you have the correct graphics drivers installed (xf86-video-*)? At least xf86-video-vesa should work. See <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Driver_installation>
Yes, according to the successful initiation of an x session when signed in as root and the driver installation test instructions.
2014-03-24 22:08 GMT+01:00 message <letter@openmailbox.org>:
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com>
Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'.
As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user.
Ok. Could you try resetting the password for user a? You could do this (as root) with: passwd a And then try again to login to a tty. Just to be sure: you do realise that the password shown in /etc/shadow is the encrypted password and not the literal string to type in? (no offence). mvg, Guus
2014-03-25 0:15 GMT+01:00 Guus Snijders <gsnijders@gmail.com>:
2014-03-24 22:08 GMT+01:00 message <letter@openmailbox.org>:
On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request@archlinux.org wrote:
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Message: 5 Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400 From: Mark Lee <mark@markelee.com>
Subject: Re: [arch-general] graphical display management
On 03/20/2014 06:50 PM, Guus Snijders wrote:
Op 20 mrt. 2014 18:36 schreef "message" <letter@openmailbox.org> het volgende:
[ gdm ]
After power-on, the computer starts with a sign-in prompt. Normal user does not work. Signed in as root [...]
Ok, now we're getting somewhere. When the logon as user "does not work", do you get an error message?
error: 'login incorrect'.
As root, enter the command 'su a' and not prompted for a password. 'less /etc/shadow' shows the password for the user.
Ok. Could you try resetting the password for user a? You could do this (as root) with: passwd a
And then try again to login to a tty.
Just to be sure: you do realise that the password shown in /etc/shadow is the encrypted password and not the literal string to type in? (no offence).
mvg, Guus
since your home folder is from another installation, be sure to chown the directory. If the user ids differ, you won't be able to access it
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