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| author | Christopher Rogers <slaxemulator@gmail.com> |
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| date | Sat Feb 26 12:17:18 2011 +0000 (2011-02-26) |
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| slaxemulator@7 | 1 ====== Cannot Login to Desktop ====== |
| slaxemulator@7 | 2 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 3 ===== Symptoms ===== |
| slaxemulator@7 | 4 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 5 * Slim, the SliTaz Login Manager, fails with the message: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 6 <code> failed to execute login command </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 7 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 8 ===== Explanation ===== |
| slaxemulator@7 | 9 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 10 This is caused when files in the user's /home directory are not properly configured. The following files must exist, this can be verified with the ''ls -la'' command: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 11 * .Xdefaults |
| slaxemulator@7 | 12 * .xinitrc |
| slaxemulator@7 | 13 * something else? |
| slaxemulator@7 | 14 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 15 ===== Solution ===== |
| slaxemulator@7 | 16 You should copy the default files from the template located in the /etc/skel directory. This happens automatically when a new user is created with the SliTaz Control Box, but not when using the command-line utilities. Occasionally users experience these files being removed or modified/broken. |
| slaxemulator@7 | 17 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 18 Switch to the root (super) user: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 19 <code> su root </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 20 Change to the affected users /home directory: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 21 <code> cd /home/USERNAME </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 22 Set the shell options to allow the dot (.) to be included in file names: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 23 <code> shopt -s dotglob </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 24 Copy all files, recursively: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 25 <code> cp -r /etc/skel/* /home/USERNAME </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 26 Change ownership of all files and directories in the user's home to that of the affected user: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 27 <code> chown -R USERNAME:USERGROUP /home/USERNAME/* </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 28 Restore the shell options: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 29 <code> shopt -u dotglob </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 30 The essential files should now be restored! |
| slaxemulator@7 | 31 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 32 EDIT: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 33 |
| slaxemulator@7 | 34 <code> shopt -u dotglob </code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 35 is not working in slitaz-3.0.iso - instead of this run in addition: |
| slaxemulator@7 | 36 <code> chown -R USERNAME:USERGROUP /home/USERNAME/.[a-zA-Z0-9]*</code> |
| slaxemulator@7 | 37 ---- |