samuel prakash wrote:
sir I am from india. I recently got your debian linux on a DVD as a free issue from a magazine "PC quest". I used linux kernel 2.6 on my machine running pentium 4 with mercury motherboard using intel 845GL as chipset. after installing the gnome starts only with 640 x 480. I cant change the resolution and when i try to login as root in the GUI mode it says login as root is not allowed.please send me the solution tosamjkd@yahoo.com
If I may, I'd like to suggest that you use a more meaningful subject line, such as "Can't log in as root to Gnome" or "How do I change resolution in X?". Otherwise, a lot of smart people on this list will just toss your email into the trash, and you'll never get the benefit of their expertise.
To answer your questions:You should be able to reconfigure the resolution with the command "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" as root. Since this list, and the Debian organization proper is not responsible for whatever CD was shipped by "PC Quest", we don't know what version of CD you have; it's probably Woody, which is really old, and may not properly support the 845GL chipset. If not, you'll probably want to use the "svga" driver; it it does support, I'd guess that uses the i810 driver, but I'm not sure. It the CD contains Testing or Sid instead of Woody, or if you were to upgrade from Woody, you'd probably have more chance of having support for your video circuits.
You should not run X as root; too many security issues. Instead, shell out to a different Virtual Terminal (VT 1 thrugh 6 are available by default) with Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6]; you can get back to X with Ctrl-Alt-F7. While in a VT, you can log in as root. Alternatively, while in X, you can use "su" from a terminal to become root within that terminal, or, my preference, install and configure "sudo" which will allow you to elevate your privileges for a single command.
-- Kent