[arch-general] graphical display management

[Simon Hanna]

2014-03-25 0:15 GMT+01:00 Guus Snijders <gsnijders at gmail.com>:

> 2014-03-24 22:08 GMT+01:00 message <letter at openmailbox.org>:
> > On 2014-03-23 18:13, arch-general-request at archlinux.org wrote:
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 5
> >> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:06:12 -0400
> >> From: Mark Lee <mark at 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 at 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