>> > I'm running sid and I can login to root from the console but when I >> try >> > to startx if fails, the same happens with the graphical login manager. >> I >> > don't have any problem using a normal user. >> > >> > Anybody know what's the problem? >> >> Problem exists between keyboard and chair. Don't log in as root. Log >> in as a normal user, and use su -m to run things as root. Then you're >> not running *nearly* as much while running as root, less potential to >> screw things up. > > Please notice that I'm not asking whether or not logging in as root is a > good > thing, I am asking if anybody knows why my system behaves like that; if > you > don't know the answer, fine, but please don't preach to me. > > Toshiro.
Toshiro, I can login with gdm as root, but I had to enable it in gdmsetup. Paul, I can start x application if I login as myself and then do su -m, but if I do a su - it says it cannot open the display. Any idea how I have to set it up to get it working. Blame my ignorance but what's the bad thing of starting an x application under the root account? It works fine in other distros I used to use. Jaap -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
