Right, so i Have Suse 9.1 or 9.2.. im not sure at the moment..sorry..

but i've had it running for a while, and i've noticed that i can only log into gnome with any non-root user account, not matter what i set it to log in using. I log in with KDE's login prompt.

Another problem i have just noticed is that my kde (version 3.00 i think..), in the control center, it has no panel for themes, under the appearance and themes tab. On my Debian (sarge, with kde 3.2 or 3.3 i think..) it has this, so i doubt its kde itself. is there a way i can add this in?

thank you for your help, and sorry for being so vauge

randal

I hope you're not trying to log into KDE or Gnome (or any gui, for that matter) as root...

that is the number one linux no-no.

You just don't do it.

Make yourself a regular user, and when you need root, do an 'su' in the terminal or something. but never Never NEVER log in as root. that is how things get broke.

well i usually just log in as root simply because apparently different distros of linux do not like sharing the same home folder (i put it on a separate partition and debian and suse don't like that user name anymore.. write permission issues.. so i just login as root and dont screw around with the system... because i know how well you can mess things up with free reign over the system.. oh and its kde 3.1.4, i just noticed it on the first page of the control center..

spork -- you might want to consider doing yourself a favor and pay attention to fenderman's advice. If you run as root all the time, sooner or later, you are almost guaranteed to damage your system in some way, simply because you entered the wrong command or made a typo. That damage might be minor, or it could be catastrophic, and while I'm sure you have every intention of "not screwing around with the system" everybody makes typos sooner or later and if you're root, the consequences can be severe. Speaking from my own experience, it isn't that much fun to realize about 2 milliseconds after you press Enter that you actually wanted to run some other command. Really, you should ordinarily run as a regular user.

As for your original questions, the more specific you can be with your descriptions, the better advice other people can offer. If you can confirm which versions of things you're running, you will increase the chances of getting better replies. -- J.W.