"immediate abort PAM failure" flashing furiously

[mouldy]

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... &start=180

Same as musher0 had in first post on above page when he installed BlueFish, I have with dpupbuster64 after instaling daisy-player. On boot before desktop loads get "immediate abort PAM failure"....

I dont suppose there is a way to repair it? I can boot dpupbuster64 to desktop if I dont use the save file. I know my fault not making a backup but got lazy. Wasnt thinking installing daisy-player using package manager would royally screw things up like this.

[Semme]

mouldy Mate,

Anything unusual in your daisy-player install log? It's in ~/.packages.

How about the contents of /etc/pam.d?

Maybe one of its deps overwrote a lib in /lib/security?

Depending on your answers you might be able to copy the originals out of a live boot..

[mouldy]

There is no "~/.packages"
There is no "/lib/security"

There is a /lib/i386-linux-gnu/security and a /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/security. I tried copying contents of live one. Nothing.

There is no ~/.packages. There is a /root/pkg and a /root/.pkg



I replaced /etc/pam.d in original with one from live. No difference.

Its annoying, but my fault for not having a current backup.

[Semme]

That .pkgs folder would probably have it.

Then there's /var/log/messages.. Maybe something listed here?

If it's a save file you're running you could perhaps try a "purge" before abandoning your setup.