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#1 2014-01-29 14:19:22
- kosgeter
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gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
when i am in root mode in console and run startx the gnome cannot start why is that ?.if i run startx in user mode starts normally
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#2 2014-01-29 14:46:20
- karol
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
Why do you want to start X as root?
Any errors?
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#3 2014-01-29 18:30:30
- kosgeter
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
Why do you want to start X as root?
Any errors?
i have not a particular reason to run X as root but i don;t understand why Gnome don't start.when i ran startx in root on the screen 3 xterm windows have appeared.
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#4 2014-01-29 18:36:30
- karol
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
Do you have an .xinitrc file in your /root directory? If not, then you're using /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc when running 'startx' as root, which starts twm and 3 xterm terminals and not gnome or any other DE.
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#5 2014-01-29 19:24:57
- Lawless Flogic
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
I was under the impression that running X as root was unadvisable, is that not true?
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#6 2014-01-30 02:10:25
- Xacky
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
I was under the impression that running X as root was unadvisable, is that not true?
Running as root is always unadvisable unless you need it for system maintenance
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#7 2014-01-30 02:20:16
- jasonwryan
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
Lawless Flogic wrote:I was under the impression that running X as root was unadvisable, is that not true?
Running as root is always unadvisable unless you need it for system maintenance
You shouldn't ever need X for system maintenance. And yes, it is a bad idea™
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#8 2014-01-31 09:40:35
- kosgeter
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Re: gnome not starting in root account[SOLVED]
Xacky wrote:Lawless Flogic wrote:I was under the impression that running X as root was unadvisable, is that not true?
Running as root is always unadvisable unless you need it for system maintenance
You shouldn't ever need X for system maintenance. And yes, it is a bad idea™
ok thank you for the anwers.
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