Unable to lgin to gnome after sound server activate

[Arne Drechsler]

Alexander Dalloz wrote:

>Am Fr, den 11.11.2005 schrieb Arne Drechsler um 8:59:
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>>after activating "Start Sound Server" in gnome desktop settings->sound,
>>I'm not able to login anymore. gdm says authentication failure. Created
>>new user -> same effect. Any idea, anybody ? I'm using Fedora Core 4,
>>CMI8738 sound chip onboard. CMI8738 recognized allright in hardware browser.
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>>Thx arne
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>While I believe you that you can't login at gdm any longer, I have some
>doubts that one has to do with the other.
>Are you able to login at console (Ctrl+Alt+F1)? Run "authconfig" command
>to make sure the settings are proper. Maybe you try to graphically login
>as root (which would be bad anyway) and you disabled that possibility in
>gdm setup.
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>Alexander
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Yes, i can login at console as usual user. And yes, for some reason i
can login to gnome as root (although i will never do it again ;) ). I
think i will try to delete gnome settings...