Strange message at startup

Mikkel L. Ellertson mellertson at gmail.com
Wed Mar 7 19:02:46 UTC 2012


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On 03/07/2012 12:14 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> When Fedora puts up the first login screen after system startup,
the screen is black except for the login area which shows the names
of the users who might want to log in, and a message partly blocked
by the login area which says:
>
> A problem h[<login area>]dministrator.
>
> The bar at the top of the screen showing the date at the center and
three controls at the right is missing.
>
> There is (obviously) some problem that I should attend to, but it's
not clear what it is.
>
> Any suggestions about what's happening or how to view the message?
>
> Thanks - jon
>
It sounds like the selected theme has a problem. But we would need
to know the display manager you are using, (kdm, gdm, or xdm) before
giving you the steps to fix it. The error message probably shows up
in the logs in /var/log or /var/log/(display manager)

Mikkel
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