Can't login to Suse 10

[bob000001]

Hello!
I recently installed Suse 10 with great success. The problems started when I downloaded 400MB of online updates. Once the updates were installed and the very long list of dependency conflicts were resolved, I found that I could no longer log in to anything other than Failsafe. Once there, I can run anything I choose. I checked the login settings and found Auto-login set to active for the only user account. It's not a password issue, as a bogus password produces a 'Password Error' message, while the correct password gives me a black screen for a few seconds before returning to the login screen.
The other problem is that only one of the non-linux partitions is now mounted at boot. How can I get the others to mount at the same time, as they did before the updates?

[docarockus]

Delete the file /home/username/.ICEauthority. Then try to login. Search google and the forums for ".ICEauthority" for more info and solutions. Also, at the normal login screen, have you tried to log in as root? Does it work? If yes, create a new user and see if you can log in as the new user. HTH...

-docarockus

[bob000001]

No, I can't log in as root either. I tried your suggestion anyway, but it made no difference.
It seems that I can get into either account using Failsafe and nothing else.

PS. I've solved the fs mount problem.

[bob000001]

I've managed to create new accounts and they have no problems. I compared the account details with the existing user account, using Yast, and found no differences. So I deleted and re-created the offending user account.
Now the only problem is concerning root. While I still have full root access from within a user account or logging in via Failsafe, I still can't boot to KDE, Gnome, etc. at login, and I doubt that I can delete and reinstate the root account.

This kind of thing was why I dissabled Auto Update in Windows a long long time ago.

Woe! Is that the time?

[docarockus]

Are you using KDE or GNOME?

Look at this link, perhaps it will help.

OpenSUSE.us : Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds...

I would try this fix with your original user account that's locked out before trying it with root.


I don't use Gnome, so I can't help you there. But if you use KDE, the only other thing that I can think of is to open a terminal and login as root from your user account (or use KMenu>System>File Manager>File Manager - Super User Mode) and rename the hidden folder ".kde" in /root to something else, like ".kde-old". The next time you start a new session and login as root, the system should rebuild the directory back to default state and allow you to login. I have done this before with a user account and it worked, but I never had to try it with root.

-docarockus