On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 10:52, Barry Johnson wrote: > >(2) Can I launch the GUI from the command prompt? > startx as root should do it There is no reason to run startx as root. Any normal user can use startx. If you run startx as root, you'll be running your desktop as root. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list