[K12OSN] The corrupted users saga continues

[Peter Scheie]

I've run into this same problem, bunch of errors, black desktop.  Do 
what Nils and Klaus suggested: check the permissions of hidden files in 
the user's $HOME (particularly any directory beginning with .g*) and in 
/tmp.  Deleting all of these solved the problem.

Peter

Carl Keil wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> So, I've got a brand new installation of K12LTSP 6.0.0.  I set up some 
> users and then I thought I needed to remove them and recreate them.  
> Now, the recreated ones can't log in.  When they log in there's a flurry 
> of about 15 error messages.  They talk about not being able to access 
> gconf, and stale nfs locks, etc., etc.  (I can copy the exact wording 
> and post that if it would help.)  When all the error messages are 
> closed, the desktop shows up completely black, with a few random seeming 
> icons on the desktop.
> I've tried deleting the users and recreating them.  And it doesn't 
> work.  It's really weird.  The users are corrupted even after they've 
> been fully deleted and recreated.  Some other users can log in fine.  
> So, some file somewhere is remembering the old users or something.  I've 
> also tried the "Reset my Desktop" login option.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way to solve this problem?  I really need for these 
> users to have their specific names, so I can restore some files to their 
> /home directories from backup.  The only thing I can think of is a 
> complete reinstall of K12LTSP, but that seems a little drastic, since 
> most users work, and a couple are hosed.
> 
> Thanks so much for any ideas,
> 
> ck
> 
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