Can't login with GDM unless I'm root.

[woodm]

I'm pretty sure that this doesn't belong in the "installing gentoo" section, so I will put it here.

I have emerged gnome, and got X working, and indeed, I can login and get a gnome session. However that's only as root. If I am not root, the screen blanks as if it's changing resolution or something, and then pops me back out to the login screen.

I have looked on the gnome page and a lot of other places. Even google doesn't want to help me.


Has anyone seen this problem before? Do I need to put users into some sort of gnome group? That would be weird, but stranger things have happened.
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[Scrapz]

Two possibilities...

1) Sticky bit on /tmp needs to be set - chmod 1777 /tmp

2) Make sure you select a default WM from GDM for the first time. Subsequent login will use the defaut. Its probably currently nothing, so select one then you should be ok.

TTFN,
Scrapz

[woodm]

That was exactly what was wrong. I really appreciate your help a LOT.
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There are thousands of types of people in this world:
The type that seperates people into two groups,
and the thousands of other types.