XFCE Login Freeze

[Joel Rees]

Since it has been two days with no response, and this kind of reminds
me of a problem I had several months back (but who knows if it is
related, thread at
<http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2011-December/thread.html#411240>),

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Jonathan Allen
<jonathan at barumtrading.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> We have a multi-workstation network, with several nodes running F16/XFCE
> on remote-mounted home directories.

Is the remote mounted home directory for the affected user accessible?

> All users can log in and out without
> any difficulty except one.  This user gives name and password but then
> freezes indefinitely.

Can the user log in non-X11 via ssh or on a virtual console? How about
logging in from a different box?

> 'ps' shows a variety of tasks running, but nothing
> appears on screen except the standard wallpaper; time is present but
> nothing else.  Running are startxfce, xfce-session, etc.

How about xfwm4?

>  User can be
> cleared by "kill -15 <startxfce-pid> and other users can log then log in.

Are other users blocked on the one box or all over the network?

> What might be causing the freeze - is there some lockfile that needs
> removing to unlock the user's account?
>
> Jonathan

Have you tried the brutal method of deleting the caches or the xfce state?

--
Joel Rees