[lug] Xsession: Logon for <user> disabled!

Chip Atkinson chip at rmpg.org
Thu Jun 29 05:12:23 MDT 2000


Try renaming the .xinitrc file to something like xinitrc (so you don't
lose it) for that user and see what happens. 

Chip

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Samartha wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am stuck upgrading disk- and  consequently Linux.
> 
> Scenario:  SuSE 6.1 (Kernel 2.2.5), SCSI disk close to overflow, so I get a 
> bigger one.
> 
> The new disk (same brand, interface, just bigger) does not talk well to the 
> Linux and hangs in a timeout  loop - trying harder... timeout, trying 
> harder.... timeout.
> 
> Ok, so I install SuSE 6.4 (Kernel 2.2.14) and it likes the new  harddisk - 
> great!!
> 
> Now I tar over the user account data from the old disk, add users with the 
> same group- and
> user id, cross my fingers .... and get a "Xsession:  Logon for <user> 
> disabled" X dialog box.
> 
> Even if I delete the user and re-add it again, it gives me this message!
> 
> When I turn off X ( init 2), log in through text login, do startx, it works.
> 
> So, either is it a permission problem of some kind for a X init script or 
> somewhere other than passwd, group and shadow the username is stored and 
> used by the X login sequence for authentication - but I don't know.
> 
> Shedding light on this is very appreciated - thanks
> 
> 
> Samartha
> 
> 
> 
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