redhat9 gnome problems
 

Hi I am new to Linux and I am have a few problems
When I start and login i get a comand window I type gdm
i get "only root wants to run gdm " I have had a look at redhat support there is a problem with my version of xserver but the update files are missing from there site.
file gdm-2.4.1.3-5.1.src.rpm
anyone know where i can get this file or anything else I can do

You are not supposed to start GDM directly. Change your default runlevel from 3 to 5 in /etc/inittab and gdm will be started at boot time. You can also just switch to root from a terminal and run "init 5" and gdm will start.

when I change my run level to 5 I get a logon screen but when i log on I dont get a desktop I get a command window. I think I start in some sort of terminal mode. that is why I am trying gdm to start the desktop.

You can put something like "exec gnome-session" (or whatever commands that are used to start your DE or WM) into a file called ~/.xsession and that will make sure that your favourite WM or DE is started by default.