Cannot enter home directory. Using /.

utku · 2009-12-17 01:23:01

I installed Archlinux for the first time. I'm not familiar with kde too.
I cannot login because after i try to login, i get a message like that. Then a message saying "kstartupconfig4 does not exist or fails. The error code 3. Check your installation."
What is that about? What should i do?

Thanks all in advance.

rson451 · 2009-12-17 01:25:30

Is your /home on a separate partition? If so, is it mounted?

utku · 2009-12-17 02:09:41

My home folder should be on the /dev/sda3 because i installed the archlinux on it. And there is a line in the fstab file "/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 0". It is mounted, isn't it?

Neheb · 2009-12-17 02:35:40

the partitions sometimes changes name, so I would suggest cheking if sda3 is still the right name.

you might want to consider using UUID instead of the sd* since it doesn't change.

SiegeMachine · 2009-12-17 09:01:00

can you type "df -h" and post that here? That will give us a sense if you have a seperate home partition, what it is, and if its even mounted. Secondly, you can try navigating to your home with the terminal. I'm assuming you know how to use cd
cd /home/<username>/ should be your home. If it doesn't exist then during your setup you used another partition, though that should have been writted into the fstab automatically. Also you can "cd ~/" which is your home folder as well the ~ is basically a wildcard for your home folder for the user you are logged into.

shacristo · 2009-12-17 16:44:39

Here is a thread from ubuntu about the same error message: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1167436

utku · 2009-12-17 18:01:43

I m transporting a line from df -h 's output:
/dev/sda3 17G 3.4G 13G %22 /home

When i login as root and type cd~/ or cd home it says directory does not exist. But i can enter home directory from the user utku in console.
I have edited the fstab file. I didnt change the <file system> part but according to what i' ve found while googling i changed <dir> from / into /home. But it didnt work for me. Maybe there is something wrong with this or with my installation.

loafer · 2009-12-17 18:11:47

Paste the content of /etc/fstab.

toad · 2009-12-17 18:14:46

This should be trivial. As already stated go for UUIDs. To find out your UUIDS use the blkid command. Adjust your fstab accordingly. Here a line from mine for reference:

#/dev/sdb8 - LABEL="tmp4"
UUID=03eb5afc-bf88-4488-830f-4f4edb1f9640 /tmp4 ext4 defaults 0 1

And for your info: root does have a home directory but it is /root

utku · 2009-12-17 18:34:10

Changing into UUID didnt work.
since i m using another computer now i cannot paste it i m writing only the lines without # sign.

none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
UUID=7adc2bbd-3f04-4022-b253-da46149d3c0f /home ext3 defaults 0 1

toad · 2009-12-17 18:38:19

And have you remounted everything? Tried to cd into ~?

utku · 2009-12-17 18:51:31

In console both as utku and as root user i wrote cd ~/ and enter root directory then typed cd /home it didnt give any error, but in that kde desktop login it still gives the error

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Cannot enter home directory. Using /.

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