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Dylan103

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Registered: 2006-10-19

Posts: 23

Hlep with gnome and xorg

I installed xorg, and gnome and gnome-extras ok.
When I run startx it takes me to a screen with 3 windows, xterm login and xterm, then i run gnome-session, it boots me into gnome, but with some problems.

Last edited by Dylan103 (2007-03-24 16:23:33)

fishonadish

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Registered: 2006-11-04

Posts: 130

Re: Hlep with gnome and xorg

To fix the locale problem, uncomment whatever locale you want to use in the /etc/locale.gen file the run locale-gen.

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Dylan103

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Registered: 2006-10-19

Posts: 23

Re: Hlep with gnome and xorg

Now I dont know my root password, using GDM i cant login as root.

fishonadish

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Registered: 2006-11-04

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Re: Hlep with gnome and xorg

I think GDM won't let you log in as root because it's generally a bad idea to run your whole DE as root.  Try logging in as a normal user and using su in a terminal - if that doesn't work then you have indeed forgotten your password . . .

If you have lost your passworrd, I think if you boot into single user mode (put 'single' at the end of your kernel line in Grub) you can change it without needing the old one.

Dylan103

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Registered: 2006-10-19

Posts: 23

Re: Hlep with gnome and xorg

Yeah, it doesnt let you login as admin.
THanks for the quick replys.