On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 06:06, Jeremy Tarling wrote: > Hello, I wonder if anyone can help with this problem. > > When I startx as my normal user login everything works fine. However, > when I run startx as root, it appears to start but gets no further than > a black screen with an 'x' style mouse. > that is because its likely that you just have an empti ~/.xinitrc file. add the line gnome-session to that file (or some other line(s)) and it should be fixed. However, not a good idea to use X as root. there is no need for it anyway. > The weird thing is, after I kill the X session with ctrl-alt-backspace > there are no error messages on the screen. I have checked in the > xfree86 messages log too and there are no reported problems there > either. It's as if X thinks everything is fine! > > any suggestions? > > Jeremy Tarling > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
