gnome crashing everytime i login as root

Niggurath · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

well i dont know whats happening but everytime i login as root gnome throws all kinds of errors, applet errors, greeter program errors, file roller errors, segmentation faults etc...

sometimes it crashes to the extreme that i have to switch off the pc and on again... dont know whatś happening and of course, i dont know why it is or how to correct it... any help will be really appreciated.. i have to login as root to do some things over there.

thx

gnuageux · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 1201

Hmmm. Anything relevant in your log files?
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Niggurath · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 22

gen2doggy · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 75

i had this problem once, and i found deleting ~/.gnome2 and ~.gnome fixed the problem

logging into gnome as root :roll:

Rem · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

Hmm, maybe noy exactly what you asked, but wouldn't it be easy to just log in as a user and then use gnomesu to do the things you have to do as root? Maybe that's more easy, I never like to log in as root.

gnuageux · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 1201

Or theres always sudo

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Rem · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:48 am Post subject:

gzunk · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:55 pm Post subject: "sux" vs "gnomesu"

Slightly Off Topic

Wouldn't logging in as a normal user and then running "sux -" do it? Is that the same as gnomesu?

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Rem · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I believe that is the same. gnomesu, kdesu, sux (first time I read about sux I believe). They come in handy if you want to run a graphical program as root.