Re: Newbie question

[Antonio Rodriguez <arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com>]

If you are loging in through gnome desktop manager (gdm), it will not 
let you in as root. If this is the case (wanting to use graphical 
interface and being root), I would suggest using kdm (same as gde, but 
from kde). To do so,
"dpkg-reconfigure kde"
will give you the chance of selecting your destop manager.

Koen Niehof wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> How do I get to the screen where I can login as root? Now I get the graphical 
> login screen and I can't login as root. When I try to setup my ADSL connection 
> to the internet the pppoeconf program tells me I have to become root first. 
> When I open a window and type the command su root then I'm root, but still this 
> pppoeconf tells me I have to become root. I want to login as root so I can 
> setup my ADSL connection. Or is there an other way to do this?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Koen Niehof
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