If I understand your problem correctly, this might help: log in with regular user name su (enter root's password) cat /etc/gdm/gdm.conf Look through the list for 'AllowRoot=_____' If it says 'false', run an editor and change it to 'true'. Then save. Alex Rowland Fellows wrote:
I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root. How to I get the system to boot in such a way that I can log in as root?Rowland Fellows 112 Feather Falls Circle Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 987-1670 (916) 768-9394 cell (707) 276-0849 fax rowland@coyote-development.com