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 workspace
within 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".
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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!
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