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Old 10-09-2003, 10:27 PM   #1
phonecian
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where did my gui go?

Suddenly, when I log in as root I just get a perpetual empty blue screen. When I log in as any other user gnome starts normally.

Can someone tell me how to get it back for the root account. I'm using RH 7.3

Thanks
 
Old 10-10-2003, 12:18 AM   #2
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If you delete the files that have the configuration for your window manager in your /root folder then it may start working again.

they would be something like .kde or .gnome*

However it is advisable to use su - from a normal user account instaed of logging in as root.

running x as root is dangerous.
 
  


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