James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Thu, July 21, 2016 07:56, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: >> El 21/7/16 a las 8:53, geo.inbox.ignore escribió: >> >>> greetings to all. >>> >>> centos = 6.8 current >>> system = toshiba l455d-s5976 laptop >>> >>> a new problem has developed after 1st updating of 6.8. >>> >>> regular user is not able to open kde desktop, can open >>> gnome desktop. >>> >>> root user can open either kde or gnome desktop. >>> >>> as a user, when i try to open kde, after entering password, >>> screen goes to a solid blue, then shows a quick full screen >>> view of command line text, too quick to read, then screen >>> changes back to login prompt. >>> >>> logged in as root, i created a second user, still have same >>> results as above. <snip> 1. Have you looked at /var/log/secure? 2. Does the file /etc/nologin exist? 3. Look at /etc/pam.d/login, and see if pam_nolgin.so is referenced. mark