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11-05-2009, 11:25 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Bagnolo (RE), Italy
Distribution: Ubuntu Server
Posts: 2
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Unable to get the first login after a new installation of Fedora 11 x86_64 with KDE
I'm a new user of linux.
I don't know the o.s.
I have installed a x86_64 fedora v.11 with KDE desktop on a desktop intel based PC
At the end of installation and after the last system reboot, I've completed the wizard that help the creation of a new user in KDE.
The problem is that after the insertion of user and password, the system always come back to the login window.
I tried all the options for the login.
the only one of them that works is the type failsafe.
I've redone all these tests using the root user: no difference
I do not know the system commands and then I do not know what I can do with the console to fix this problem.
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11-06-2009, 04:33 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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May be KDE is failing to start.
Try:
press [ctrl+alt+F2]
This should take you to a CUI prompt
enter your username and password and see if you can login.(Not the root usename)
If yes there is a problem with KDE, try using GNOME (its comes with your Fedora 11 distro).
GNOME is definitely more stable than KDE.
To return to GUI use
[ctrl+alt+F1] or [ctrl+alt+F7]
To switch to GNOME (if you have installed it), look for the Session option in the Login screen.
Pls note: In Fedora 11 GUI login of root is disabled. So you cant login using KDE(Or GNOME) if you are using root as username.
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11-06-2009, 04:39 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Oklahoma
Distribution: Mint, Debian, Almalinux
Posts: 899
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If you still can't login you may have double miss typed the password. I did that onces. If it only took you like 15min to install just do a reinstall. It can be easier as long as you still have a fresh install.
Did you make sure your md5sum was correct when you downloaded it. You could have a flaw in a scripted.
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11-06-2009, 05:51 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Bagnolo (RE), Italy
Distribution: Ubuntu Server
Posts: 2
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by imagine_me2
May be KDE is failing to start.
Try:
press [ctrl+alt+F2]
This should take you to a CUI prompt
enter your username and password and see if you can login.(Not the root usename)
If yes there is a problem with KDE, try using GNOME (its comes with your Fedora 11 distro).
GNOME is definitely more stable than KDE.
To return to GUI use
[ctrl+alt+F1] or [ctrl+alt+F7]
To switch to GNOME (if you have installed it), look for the Session option in the Login screen.
Pls note: In Fedora 11 GUI login of root is disabled. So you cant login using KDE(Or GNOME) if you are using root as username.
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Thanks for your reply.
With [ctrl+alt+F2] i can login in text mode. No other ways to log
I'm re-installing fedora 11 with gnome.
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11-06-2009, 08:21 AM
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Member
Registered: Nov 2009
Location: Kolkata, India
Distribution: Fedora 11
Posts: 136
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Ok. Let us know if it worked.
Can you give the config of your computer Model No. CPU, Memory, Motherboard, Graphics Hardware, if it is assembled?
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