Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nothing In Gnome Working
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:37:55
Message-Id: yu9ljkv7fsg.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Nothing In Gnome Working by Nick Khamis
1 At Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:19:52 -0400 Nick Khamis <symack@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > oops, i'm stupid, I tries to login xdm using root, I saw this was possible
4 > using gnome so I figures what the heck.
5
6 If you are using gnome (and hence gdm not xdm) then trying to login as
7 root from the gui results in a dialog box asking you if you REALLY want
8 to. Do you get a dialog box?
9
10 allan