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sunlinux 08-26-2006 12:43 AM
unable to access desktop only blank screen with mouse
 
running REDHAT AS 4 , i am unable to access desktop after loging as root , it shows only blank screen with mouse pointer over it, eariler i could log n access desktop easly as root. but now i can access desktop logging other then root user. i m using gnome as display manager.

help me out.

ph0b0s 08-26-2006 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by sunlinux
running REDHAT AS 4 , i am unable to access desktop after loging as root , it shows only blank screen with mouse pointer over it, eariler i could log n access desktop easly as root. but now i can access desktop logging other then root user. i m using gnome as display manager.

help me out.
Don't run GNOME as root... :tisk: learn to make use of tools like sudo and
gksu :study: . There is really no point in being root all the time, because
one day you'll make a fatal mistake and your system is lost...:cry:


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