cant log in to suse 9.1

master · 04-24-2005, 04:50 AM

hello im having some difficulties in logging in to my suse when i first turn the computer on and it shows the log in screen i click on my user name type in my password it attempts to log me in then fais what i have had to do to write this is open a terminal and type in mozzilla but i have not got no desktop icons cant see no programmes does this mean gnome is corrupt any help appreciated

master · 04-24-2005, 08:31 AM

not sure if i could of been a bit clearer i can only login using "failsafe" from there i am given a terminal how do i add a user i thought i just typed "useradd" but that dont work and why is it when i try to login as root from the login screen i can only go into failsafe why can i not go into gnome desktop or kde and why does the user account i originally created no longer work any help please

master · 04-24-2005, 09:01 AM

ok so far this is what i have done i logged in to failsafe from the terminal i typed "yast" i then created another user which is what i am using now but thats ok in the short term i need to know why i can not log in as root or my original user i created because the same thing might happen with this one i have just created any help please.

master · 04-24-2005, 04:10 PM

i have just had my theroy confirmed when i log out i can not log back in again i have to create another account by booting in failsafe then opening a terminal and then creating another user hmmm why is this, when i open yast i can see both my old ids is this something to do with permissions i wonder any way i still need to find out why this keeps happening.do you know maybe
thanks nige

master · 05-15-2005, 12:06 PM

come on folks cant believe some is not experiencing the same problem every time i create a user account and then reboot my computer i can not log in i can only log in as "su" and then i have to work from a terminal please help

simplsimon · 09-19-2005, 06:35 PM

im having the same problem man. i downloaded suse 9.3 it all sets up perfect i get things just where i want them and log out for the night and then cant log back in unless i create another user. this also happens with novel desktop. im thinking this is only for evaluation versions. but i cant find any info about it. i dont think im going to buy it now because of it. anybody else have this problem? is there a work around?