Can't login to Gnome - Ubuntu

msmarc · 07-30-2008, 10:33 AM

I recently installed Ubuntu LInux Hardy Heron 8.04 and got everything working fine.

When I was configuring my system I removed gdm thinking that on startup I would be taken to a terminal where I could startx when I wanted. I had problems when rebooting so I reinstalled gdm and now I have new errors.

The first one is the classic:
your $HOME/.dmrc file has incorrect permissions

I try and solve this my chmod ~ 700 and chmod .dmrc 644
But when I reboot the error still comes up and the permissions change back to being wrong

The 2nd error I get is:

{
/etc/gdm/xsession: Beginning session setup...
Can't Create dir /var/Desktop
Can't Create dir /var/Templates
and so on through allt the var folders

Start IM through /etc/x11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL link to /etc/x11/xinit/xinput.d/default

(seahorse-agent:518:libgnomeevfs-WARNING **: Unable to create ~/.gnome2 directory:Permission denied
Could not create per-user gnome configuration directory '/var/.gnome2/' : Permission denied
}

I recently installed vcm and I was changing permissions in the var folder to set up ftp. But i created new dirs for all permissions I changed.

ls -li info for /var is:
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2008-07-29 15:08 var

ls info for home/(username) is:
drwx------ 29 msmarc msmarc 4096 2008-07-29 19:11 msmarc

What's the best way to fix this problem?

lensman3 · 07-30-2008, 10:31 PM

On my system everything in var should be

rwxr-xr-x and owned by root and group root. Including the "." and the "..". Try a chmod -R 755 * and individually change the "." file. Careful the -R will and (I have) changed .. files to permissions you don't want. Do a "chown -R root.root *" for everything including the . and .. .

The gdb directory has the following:

drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 2008-06-30 08:16 gdm

I don;t know how to set the big "T" at the end of the permmisions. The little "t" is the sticky bit. But I can't find the big "T". Might try "chmod +T gdm" and see if that works.

The /var/tmp directory has the following:

drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2008-07-29 09:14 tmp

The little "t" sticky bit is set here.

>>ls info for home/(username) is:
>>drwx------ 29 msmarc msmarc 4096 2008-07-29 19:11 msmarc

This looks OK.

07-30-2008, 10:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
msmarc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 OS: vista, linux	Can't login to Gnome - Ubuntu I recently installed Ubuntu LInux Hardy Heron 8.04 and got everything working fine. When I was configuring my system I removed gdm thinking that on startup I would be taken to a terminal where I could startx when I wanted. I had problems when rebooting so I reinstalled gdm and now I have new errors. The first one is the classic: your $HOME/.dmrc file has incorrect permissions I try and solve this my chmod ~ 700 and chmod .dmrc 644 But when I reboot the error still comes up and the permissions change back to being wrong The 2nd error I get is: { /etc/gdm/xsession: Beginning session setup... Can't Create dir /var/Desktop Can't Create dir /var/Templates and so on through allt the var folders Start IM through /etc/x11/xinit/xinput.d/all_ALL link to /etc/x11/xinit/xinput.d/default (seahorse-agent:518:libgnomeevfs-WARNING **: Unable to create ~/.gnome2 directory:Permission denied Could not create per-user gnome configuration directory '/var/.gnome2/' : Permission denied } I recently installed vcm and I was changing permissions in the var folder to set up ftp. But i created new dirs for all permissions I changed. ls -li info for /var is: drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 2008-07-29 15:08 var ls info for home/(username) is: drwx------ 29 msmarc msmarc 4096 2008-07-29 19:11 msmarc What's the best way to fix this problem?

07-30-2008, 10:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 470 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: Can't login to Gnome - Ubuntu On my system everything in var should be rwxr-xr-x and owned by root and group root. Including the "." and the "..". Try a chmod -R 755 * and individually change the "." file. Careful the -R will and (I have) changed .. files to permissions you don't want. Do a "chown -R root.root *" for everything including the . and .. . The gdb directory has the following: drwxrwx--T 2 root gdm 4096 2008-06-30 08:16 gdm I don;t know how to set the big "T" at the end of the permmisions. The little "t" is the sticky bit. But I can't find the big "T". Might try "chmod +T gdm" and see if that works. The /var/tmp directory has the following: drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 2008-07-29 09:14 tmp The little "t" sticky bit is set here. >>ls info for home/(username) is: >>drwx------ 29 msmarc msmarc 4096 2008-07-29 19:11 msmarc This looks OK.