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Re: [orca-list] Unable to login to a gnome session with gdm.

It could be those log files are under your user directory.  This is
where the mlocate package can come in real handy.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018, John G Heim via orca-list wrote:


Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:19:08
From: John G Heim via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
Reply-To: jheim math wisc edu
To: Peter V?gner <pvagner pvagner tk>,
    matthew dyer <ilovecountrymusic483 outlook com>
Cc: Orca-list <ORCA-LIST gnome org>
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Unable to login to a gnome session with gdm.

This is all great advice. Just to add to it, another thing you can do in
situations like this is to take a picture of the screen with your smart phone
and then run an ocr program on it. If you have an app like KNFBReader, it is
easy.

Note: I do not have those xorg log files on my debian stretch system,
/var/log/Xorg*. I am not sure if those are system specific or what. A couple
of years ago, I was having trouble logging into a virtual machine and those
files existed on the virtual machine.  I recall that they did not help me
debug my problem because I couldn't make sense of the messages. But now, on my
debian stretch machine, they aren't there at all. So maybe those xorg error
messages are being sent to the syslog or something.


On 12/11/18 3:28 AM, Peter V?gner via orca-list wrote:

Hello,


Okay so if it is user specific, there are a few things you can try:

* Make sure file permissions and ownership on your home directory and all
its subfolders is correct. John has already suggested this and it's very
likelly to happen if you have reinstalled your system and restored your home
directory from a backup or if you are using dedicated home partition accross
installs.

* Make sure you can play sound when logging in as the user in question.

I am using commands like

speaker-test

pacmd list-sinks

espeak hello

spd-say hello

to see if my sound setup is all okay.

* If you have no feetback after trying to login via GDM or you are placed
back to the login screen window checking Xorg or GDM logs would still be
usefull.

I would suggest taking look at:

/var/log/Xorg.0.log for the GDM X session
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log for the user X session

* If nothing of these brings any clues as to what might be going wrong I
suggest reading systemd journal.

Read the log since last boot from newest to oldest

sudo journalctl -b -r | more

Read last three minutes of logs from newest to oldest

sudo journalctl -b -r --since "3 minutes ago" | more

I know this is perhaps a bit complicated but newertheless is good to know.
Of course you can read journalctl --help or look to the Arch wiki if you
need more hints on how to read systemd journal.

If you can find out more regarding your logging in issue and you still need
some help with other things to try, please continue the discussion.


Greetings


Peter




D?a 10. 12. 2018 o 23:25 matthew dyer nap?sal(a):


This is a fresh install of gnome.? Intrestingly enough if I create a second
account all works as it should.? I am not able to login to the original
account I created I am still testing some things, but it is very strange.?
I will report if I find any problems.


Matthew



On 12/9/18 4:08 PM, Peter V?gner wrote:

Hello,

If you are observing this with multiple distros, I guess this might be
specific to your hardware configuration.
Have you looked into the file
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
If there are some errors or hints you might use while investigating the
issue further?
Has this started happening latelly or are you seeing it ever since youVe
installed gnome?

Greetings

Peter


D?a December 9, 2018 7:11:01 PM UTC pou??vate? matthew dyer via orca-list
<orca-list gnome org> nap?sal:

    Hi all,

    Using arch linux with all updated solsoftwa, I am unable to login
    to a gnme session with gdm.? I first have to enter my user name
    and then my password but this does not seem to be working.
    ?Loging into a text concal works fine but not a gdm gnome
    session.? Any one else have this problem.? I also had this
    problem with paldo as well.? If anyone else has this problem would you
    please pass on a way to fix this.? I may be able too
    setup auto login but would prefer not have to do that if possib.lle

    Thanks.

    Matthew


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