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I've just installed Solaris10 off the DVD i downloaded from them some time ago, but I cannot log into the GUI as any user other than root.
I've said (to bash):
Code:
useradd -d /export/home/avi -m -c "avi" -s /bin/bash avi
And i can now do console sessions as avi, but if I try to login graphically, it looks like it's loading a session, then reverts back to the login screen, silently.
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Debian/WSL
Posts: 9,789
Rep:
Can you log in when choosing CDE as graphic environment ?
If yes, that may be a gnome issue. Try removing temporary directories having the user's name in them located in /var/tmp, like mapping-user, orbit-user, virtual-user.*
It does put on a more convincing show, though. I get the 'loading CDE' screen for a while (quite a long while) before it reverts back to the login screen.
jlliagre, as I read your post I worked out what was wrong. In an effort to make it work, i'd created /exports/home/avi, but forgotten to chown it to me.
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