[OpenAFS] Gnome

Dave McMurtrie dgm+@pitt.edu
Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:51:54 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Alexander J. Marsh wrote:

> I am installing OpenAFS on a RedHat 7.3 linux box.  Our home directories 
> are AFS mounted.  I can log into the box via SSH but if I try to log into 
> the box at console GDM takes my user name and password.  It looks like 
> everything is fine then X crashes and resets back to the GDM login screen.  
> 
> I have followed the directions found here very closely
> 
> http://www.openafs.org/pages/doc/QuickStartUnix/auqbg007.htm#Header_134
> 
> but so far have been unable to get Gnome and AFS mounted home directories 
> to play nicely together.  
> 
> Is there something I am missing?  Thanks in advance.

Just a guess, but is it possible that you have something in your .xinitrc 
file that's making Gnome unhappy?

Dave
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