KDM root password won't work
 

I have Slack 10 installed. I can type startx and get into KDE just fine. I can type KDM and type a user and password and get into KDE just fine. But when I type KDM and then type root as the user, I can click into the password box but nothing will type into it. I figured it might just be invisible, so I typed my password anyway, but it doesn't work.
Anyone know what is happening here? Sorry I am so new, but I'm learning (I think)

Not sure about KDM but GDM has a setting you have to turn on to allow root login.

why not just login on the console as root then startx?

The reason it doesn't work is because it shouldn't.

never log in as root to a desktop. :o

iirc, you can allow root to login (and set which non-root users can/can't as well) - either thru the KDE control center, or by editing .kdmrc

I can do that, but I was wondering why I couldn't do the other. I figured there was a setting somewhere, and this is all about learning Linux for me.

sudoers<version>..........did you install this package???