CDE Login Loop

[Aaron Curtis]

When I try to login as root through CDE login screen I get the blue license
page, then a blank screen, and then the login screen again. Every time I try
it does the same thing. It just loops back to the Login screen. Same with root
or any other user. I can login to the command line and to failsafe (xwindows).
Any suggestions as to what the problem might be? I'm running HP-UX 10.20

[user not active]

Trouble-shooting CDE info :

1. Try the cde diagnostic : /usr/contrib/X11/bin/dr_dt

2. Try checking in $HOME/.dt/startlog, you may wish to add "set -x " to the
last line of a users .dtprofile as this provides a lot more output to this
file.

3. As this affects all users I presume it's less likely to be due to
customisation or permissions ... has the hostname changed or are you 100 %
certain hostname resolution is working correctly, sounds as if the Xserver
startsprobably defaulting to display local:0, but CDE is failing perhaps to
resolve the Display fully, hence the blue screen but no full dtsession.

Maybe worth running set_params or using just /etc/hosts to resolve
hostnames locally to illiminate possible problem areas.

4. If the problem is on a remote display such as a PC X emulation client or an
xterminal, suspect fonts, set up a font server on the hp-ux box and make sure
the CDE specific fonts are included in the catalog & made available using xset
-q. Lastly don't forget to point the remote clients fontpath to use it.

Let me know what you find.

Alex

[Glenn Wagner_1]

The problem is with the .dtprofile in the user's home directory. The following
line should be commented out:
DTSOURCEPROFILE=true
This line causes that 'cde loop' to occur. Unless you setup variables and
things in the CDE environment, you don't need this line.
Let us know if it works.

[Randy Mather]

look at the /etc/dt/config/Xstartup config file for
an if then statement that looks for user "root" login

[Steve White_8]

The only time I have seen this happen is when the system can't resolve its own
hostname. To change this vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

change not_found to continue in this file until the last entry it should be
return