> On 22 Feb 2023, at 17:19, Geoffrey Leach <geoffleach.gl(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >  > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no error message. > > I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot files. Any suggestions? Look in the journal with journalctl. You will find nothing in /var/log unless you set it up. Also you can try doing this: As root: su - username > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue

On 22 Feb 2023, at 19:25, Geoffrey Leach <geoffleach.gl(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:  Thanks. That's half of the problem. Now, what about starting xterm from ~user? Please post under not above what you are commenting on. Are you saying that you do not have a GUI desktop installed and configured to alliw you to login? Barry On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 9:25 AM Barry <barry(a)barrys-emacs.org&gt; wrote: > > > > On 22 Feb 2023, at 17:19, Geoffrey Leach <geoffleach.gl(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > > > >  > > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with > dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in > /var/log, no error message. > > > > I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot files. Any > suggestions? > > Look in the journal with journalctl. > You will find nothing in /var/log unless you set it up. > > Also you can try doing this: > > As root: su - username > > > > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue

That would surely be foolish, no?

On 2/22/23 16:17, Barry wrote: > > Please post under not above what you are commenting on. And while you're at it, trim out the parts of the post you're responding to that aren't relevant, like the boilerplate at the bottom.

After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no error message.

After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no error message. I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot files. Any suggestions? Thanks.