Re: Authentication Failed - message when trying to login

[Lloyd D Budd <lloyd foolswisdom com>]

Hi Scott,

I thinking emailing your local LUG (Linux User Group) or the Debian user
list may be better groups to assist you with your issue.  

Best regards,
Lloyd


On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 10:07, Dr. Jones wrote:
> I can't log on to my Pentium II machine which is running debian 3.0. Two
> kernels are installed, with 2.4.18 and 2.4.20.
> 
> Until a few days ago, I was able to boot up and run with 2.4.20. After my
> system froze and required a cold boot, plus a painfully long run of fsck
> /dev/hda1 to get it revived, now it gets to the Gnome Desktop Manager login
> screen, and refuses to move forward.
> 
> When I type in my user name, or root, gdm responds with "Authentication
> Failed" and does not present the password prompt. To get out of this I hit
> ctrl-alt-f2, then ctrl-alt-del.
> 
> Last night I was rebooting, and while at the GRUB menu, I selected the
> 2.4.18 kernel to see if it would boot differently. It booted up the same,
> rendering the same results at the gdm dialogue, however, if I booted in
> maintenance mode, after entering my root password, which it accepts, I was
> able to log on, to run apt-get update from the console.
> 
> When attempting this under 2.4.20, I could not even get an IP address, the
> tulip NIC driver would not load and give me 'net access.
> 
> I believe I have a PAM problem, as all my directories appear intact, in
> /home and elsewhere.
> 
> What can I do to resolve this, to get net access under 2.4.20 so that I can
> get my linux box working as normal?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Scott
> 
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