Re: can't login with root or user after 1.2 upgrade

[Joss Winn <josswinn iname com>]

thanks for the quick reply.

So how might I correct this with only the failsafe terminal at my disposal?

Thank you

Joss (allergic to the terminal) Winn


on 00.7.13 7:51 AM, Rob Brown-Bayliss at rob@procom.co.nz wrote:

> 
>> login screen.  I enter the user name or root and password and it just
>> returns me to the login again.  I can get somewhere with failsafe and
>> another level but all else fails.
> 
> I have had a similar problem every time I update GDM, so I don't bother
> unless it's a major fix.
> 
> To fix it I restore my previous gdm.conf and the other files I may have
> changed.  I usually make a backup of the whole gdm directory befor running
> the gdm update.  I think the main problem is the <prefix>/gdm/Init/Default
> file...
> 
> This is one of my pet hates with the whole RPM system, nearly every RPM
> overwrites your previous config files with the new defaults, though they
> mostly seem to save the old config first.
> 
> But it's anoying.
> 
>