I'm having a weird problem with the Open Directory-bound computers that I'm managing. I recently deployed it to a lab of 30 computers (after doing initial testing with 1 computer), and I'm having one problem in particular:
Sometimes, when a user logs out of one of these OD-bound computers, the login window fails to appear. The user is logged out, the desktop for that user disappears (being replaced with the standard blue desktop), but the login window doesn't appear.
What's strange is that Remote Desktop says these computers are at the login window, and I can manipulate them via Remote Desktop as if nothing is wrong (I can restart, shut down, etc.). But I can't do anything at the computer locally with the keyboard or mouse -- if I try to bring up the shutdown dialog with Control-Power (which works sometimes in these situations), it doesn't work.
This doesn't happen all the time or with the same computers. But it happens often enough that it's a bit of an annoyance -- I usually just restart them from Remote Desktop to get the login window to appear. (The other problem is that sometimes I'm not around to fix it, and so if people come in when I'm not around, they have to force shutdown the computer using the power button and then start it back up to get to the login window.)
I've also noticed that some of the computers have been taking a lot longer to login, which seems to suggest that the computers are trying to access the server or something, but the server is always up and is usually very reliable (with a few exceptions here and there).
Any ideas?
Sometimes, when a user logs out of one of these OD-bound computers, the login window fails to appear. The user is logged out, the desktop for that user disappears (being replaced with the standard blue desktop), but the login window doesn't appear.
What's strange is that Remote Desktop says these computers are at the login window, and I can manipulate them via Remote Desktop as if nothing is wrong (I can restart, shut down, etc.). But I can't do anything at the computer locally with the keyboard or mouse -- if I try to bring up the shutdown dialog with Control-Power (which works sometimes in these situations), it doesn't work.
This doesn't happen all the time or with the same computers. But it happens often enough that it's a bit of an annoyance -- I usually just restart them from Remote Desktop to get the login window to appear. (The other problem is that sometimes I'm not around to fix it, and so if people come in when I'm not around, they have to force shutdown the computer using the power button and then start it back up to get to the login window.)
I've also noticed that some of the computers have been taking a lot longer to login, which seems to suggest that the computers are trying to access the server or something, but the server is always up and is usually very reliable (with a few exceptions here and there).
Any ideas?