Re: Logging into gdm as root

2003-07-24 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:46:10AM -0400, Bill K wrote: > Hi. I just installed debian woody and have gdm installed along with gnome > (and sawfish). For some reason I cannot log into X as the root user. Don't log in as root ever. Use your normal use

Re: Logging into gdm as root

2003-07-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:46:10AM -0400, Bill K wrote: > Hi. I just installed debian woody and have gdm installed along with > gnome (and sawfish). For some reason I cannot log into X as the root > user. Good, that's by design. Don't use X as root, really. (There's a flag in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf to

Re: Logging into gdm as root

2003-07-24 Thread Peter Hugosson-Miller
Bill K wrote: Hi. I just installed debian woody and have gdm installed along with gnome (and sawfish). For some reason I cannot log into X as the root user. This is the normal default behaviour, as you would normally never need to do this. If you feel you must, there is a setting in the gdm con

Logging into gdm as root

2003-07-24 Thread Bill K
Hi. I just installed debian woody and have gdm installed along with gnome (and sawfish). For some reason I cannot log into X as the root user. Furthermore, I cannot use pon to establish a ppp connection as the non-root user. Does anyone have any solutions to either of these problems. Thanks. --