"Jaap Haitsma" <jaap@haitsma.org> writes: >>> > 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. Try su -m - > 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. Well, running anything as root is a general no-no if you can avoid it. The -m is just so your root session is using the same x authentication as your login so root can display a window. -- Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>
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