[Solution] Gnome failed to start
Description:
- Gnome failed to start due to the incorrect permission issue.
Environment:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
Error Message:
Solution:
The files and directories under the path /var/lib/gdm should own by gdm user and group.
[root@SSOE2SMOD ~]# cd /var/lib/gdm/
[root@SSOE2SMOD gdm]# ls -la
total 52
drwxrwx–T 9 gdm gdm 4096 Nov 9 16:39 .
drwxr-xr-x. 48 root root 4096 Dec 5 03:09 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 gdm gdm 4096 Sep 28 12:29 .cache
drwx—— 2 gdm gdm 4096 Sep 28 12:29 .config
drwx—— 3 gdm gdm 4096 Sep 28 12:29 .dbus
drwx—— 4 gdm gdm 4096 Nov 9 16:39 .gconf
drwx—— 2 gdm gdm 4096 Nov 9 16:40 .gconfd
drwxr-x–T 2 gdm gdm 4096 Sep 28 12:28 .gconf.mandatory
-rw-r—-T 1 gdm gdm 276 Sep 10 2014 .gconf.path
-rw——- 1 gdm gdm 4340 Nov 9 16:39 .ICEauthority
drwx—— 2 gdm gdm 4096 Sep 28 12:29 .pulse
-rw——- 1 gdm gdm 256 Sep 28 12:29 .pulse-cookie