On 07/14/07 08:02, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 07:51 AM:On 07/14/07 07:33, Dennis G. Wicks wrote:Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM:Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice).From that command line, su and remove [xgk]dm and reboot. Then you'll get a console and log in using that, and type "startx" to get to GNOME.Thanks! That got me back on.I figured you meant to rm /usr/sbin/gdm but I just mv'd it to a different name. Just in case!So, what do I have to do to get gdm(?) to behave like it used to? The ability to run more than one Gnome session is really handy.Whatever for?Because I can!I mean what I happens when I do ctl-alt-F8, -F9, etc.Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspacewithin a session, but I like to have a different sessions for root and similar functions that I don't want to get tangled up in my run-of-the-mill user stuff.
You should *never* need to have a full-fledged "root" GUI!90% of root stuff can be done from an xterm with "su -". The another 9.9% is privileged GUI work that will prompt you for the root password. The last 0.1% (privleged GUI apps that don't prompt you for a password) can be run from your account from an xterm using "su -p".
-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!