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#1 2012-07-10 13:36:43
- onie
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gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
I have installed gnome.
But the system doesn't pause at the command prompt (tty1) instead I'm directed to gnome login screen.
I try to login as root but it states "invalid credentials"
Also Alt+F2 (nor any other ttys) respond.
Eventually, I'm stuck at the gnome login screen.
I haven't created any other users within the system nor did i install sudo.
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#2 2012-07-10 13:46:34
- Barrucadu
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Re: gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
IIRC, GDM doesn't allow logging in as root by default. If you make another user and log in, you can enable this in the GNOME settings somewhere.
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#3 2012-07-10 14:06:30
- Dustbin
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Re: gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
I have installed gnome.
But the system doesn't pause at the command prompt (tty1) instead I'm directed to gnome login screen.
I try to login as root but it states "invalid credentials"Also Alt+F2 (nor any other ttys) respond.
Eventually, I'm stuck at the gnome login screen.
I haven't created any other users within the system nor did i install sudo.
Didn't you read the 'GDM root login' entry on the wiki before you installed it? It describes how to enable root login from GDM, after it advises against it...
And why didn't you create any other users and install sudo? Those are among the most basic things you need, IMHO... I can't imagine you always want to log in as root, do you?
Oh, and try Ctrl+Alt+function_key. Maybe that enables you to go to another tty?
If the Matrix was real, it would run on Arch...
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#4 2012-07-10 14:17:43
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Re: gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
Oh, and try Ctrl+Alt+function_key. Maybe that enables you to go to another tty?
That is the default setting for all x displays.
Even if you did not install sudo, su is always available (included in coreutils)
| alias CUTF='LANG=en_XX.UTF-8@POSIX ' | alias ENGLISH='LANG=C.UTF-8 ' |
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#5 2012-07-10 16:13:00
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Re: gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
And why didn't you create any other users and install sudo? Those are among the most basic things you need, IMHO... I can't imagine you always want to log in as root, do you?
Do i need to go for sudo even if I'm the only user of the system?
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#6 2012-07-10 16:19:14
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Re: gnome/gdm doesnt recognize root
Dustbin wrote:And why didn't you create any other users and install sudo? Those are among the most basic things you need, IMHO... I can't imagine you always want to log in as root, do you?
Do i need to go for sudo even if I'm the only user of the system?
Never use root as your default user. One typo in a root terminal can break your installation. One user more doesn't amount to more than a few kBytes on your harddrive, so that is no reason to avoid it.
Last edited by progandy (2012-07-10 16:22:12)
| alias CUTF='LANG=en_XX.UTF-8@POSIX ' | alias ENGLISH='LANG=C.UTF-8 ' |
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