[OpenAFS] Gnome (fwd)

Dave McMurtrie dgm+@pitt.edu
Mon, 04 Nov 2002 16:31:16 -0500 (EST)


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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:53:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Alexander J. Marsh <ajmarsh@umich.edu>
To: Dave McMurtrie <dgm@pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Gnome

Gah, how did I miss something so simple.  Yeah that was it.  Thanks.


  ++alex



On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Dave McMurtrie wrote:

> 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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