// Geeky IT Advice // File #2 // Date: 2004-06-21 // By: junktext (William Paul Liggett) // Questions? E-mail: junktext AT junktext.org /****************************************************** Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow) - Login Problems: "Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds." ******************************************************/ I have had the recent experience of this crazy error message while attempting to log onto Fedora: "Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or that you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix this problem." [] View details (~/.xsession-errors file) If you click to view the details it further says: /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: Registering your session wtmp and utmp /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default: running: /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/gdm/:0.Xservers" -h "" -l ":0" "junktext" ** (gnome-session:3703): WARNING **: Unable to read ICE authority file: /home/junktext/.ICEauthority Note: The references to "junktext" above are just because that is what my username is on the computer. Well, the good news is there is a simple solution to this. But, you must have root (administrator) or at least 'sudo' access on your system (or find someone who does). Quick note: 'sudo' is a command in the Terminal (a.k.a shell) that can allow you to perform administrative tasks without actually logging in as 'root'. Okay, the fix is this: Before you log into Fedora (on the graphical interface), change your session to a 'Failsafe Terminal' and then log in. This will take you to a scary terminal/shell command line interface. However, all you need to do is to just enter this: $ sudo rm ~/.ICEauthority $ reboot Now the next time you login, it will re-create the file you removed and you will have no problems logging in again. You are welcome.