Mandrake 9.1 KDE Login Problems

[tyanni]

I installed Mandrake 9.1 last night for the first time, and created a user during the install process. However, when KDE launches and prompts me to login, I cannot login as either root or the user I created, even though I know both passwords. Things I've tried:

1. I booted to failsafe and reset both the root and user's passwords, neither fixed the problem.

2. I booted to a command line, I CAN login as root here, and as the user.

THUS, it appears to be some problem with KDE... I am an newb to this, and do not know much beyond sudo and chmod. So can someone possibly offer any suggestions? Thanks!

Tim

 

[Spyro]

There was another user who posted here with the same problem as yours, but i don't think the solution was ever found. You could try a reinstall though, just to see what would happen. This time, when the installer asks if you would like to start X when your PC first boots, answer no.

 

[civad]

try logging into failsafe mode as root.

At the command prompt, type "kdm" (without the quotes). Then try logging in as a normal user.

In case it doesnt work, press ctrl+alt+backspace to close the login window and get back to the command prompt.

Reinstallation is a welcome choice but I think in case what I suggested works, maybe others in the future might be benefitted by it 🙂

 

[LuckyTaxi]

yea that was me. i gave up. i am heading back to freebsd

 

[TonyRic]

Check the permissions on /home/<usename> and make sure it is properly set.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

check the permission? bug in KDE or Mandrake or something?

 

[TonyRic]

you never know. Mandrake has a history of breaking the menu editing in kde, and I had this very problem a couple times in Suse and Mandrake.

 

[txxxx]

Whilst security mode is in "higher", you cannot login as root via a console, although user>su works alright