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I currently upgraded from redhat 7.2 to FC2 (yes I know this was not a good idea but I'm kinda stuck with it now so I must get it working). During the installation I was never asked to add any users except for root password. I am now trying to add new users and I get the following error after I input the username and password:
A little warning box comes up and says:
"your session only lasted for 10 seconds. if you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or that you may be out of diskspace. Try logging is with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix this problem"
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registeringyour session with wtmp and utmp
/etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "amesb"
segmentation fault
segmentation fault
(gnome-session : 13668): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Unable to create ~/.gnome directory: Permission denied
Could not create per-user gnome configuration directory ' /home/amesb/.gnome2/': Permission denied }
I have created home directories for the users and inputed their information in the Users/Group tool.
Distribution: windows xp home, windows 98, red hat 9, fedora core 3, redhat enterprise linux, win2000 pro/server
Posts: 217
Rep:
open up a shell and try to login as the users you are creating, check their home directories that they contain a .bashrc, .bash_profile, and possibly something relating to .gnome
if not, i would honestly recommend doing a clean install of fedora, cause ive heard upgrades from 7.2 to fedora dont work all that well
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