Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Graham
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:33:28 -0500 "Dennis G. Wicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM: > > > > > Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice). > > > > From that command line, su and remove [xgk]dm and reboot. Then > > you'll

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/14/07 08:39, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Douglas Allan Tutty wrote the following on 07/14/2007 08:08 AM: On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:02:49AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspace within a session, but I like to have a different

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:39:40AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Douglas Allan Tutty wrote the following on 07/14/2007 08:08 AM: > >On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:02:49AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > > > >>Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspace > >>within a sessi

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote the following on 07/14/2007 08:08 AM: On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:02:49AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspace within a session, but I like to have a different sessions for root and similar functions th

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:23:27AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > You should *never* need to have a full-fledged "root" GUI! > > 90% of root stuff can be done from an xterm with "su -". The > another 9.9% is privileged GUI work that will prompt you for the > root password. The last 0.1% (privl

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/14/07 08:02, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 07:51 AM: On 07/14/07 07:33, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM: Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice). From that command line, su and

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 08:02:49AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Seriously though, it is nice to be able to separate things by workspace > within a session, but I like to have a different sessions for root and > similar functions that I don't want to get tangled up in my > run-of-the-mill us

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 07:51 AM: On 07/14/07 07:33, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM: Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice). From that command line, su and remove [xgk]dm and reboot. Then you'll ge

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/14/07 07:33, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM: Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice). From that command line, su and remove [xgk]dm and reboot. Then you'll get a console and log in using that, and type "startx" to g

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote the following on 07/14/2007 05:49 AM: Dump gdm (or whichever is the display manager of your choice). From that command line, su and remove [xgk]dm and reboot. Then you'll get a console and log in using that, and type "startx" to get to GNOME. Thanks! That got me back o

Re: Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 07/14/07 05:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings; My system hung and I had to reset it. Now gnome won't come up when I boot. I get a screen that has a little window in it that says something about it can't find a system with XDMCP(?) running. I have tried giving it the address of my machi

Help - Gnome won't rune

2007-07-14 Thread wix
Greetings; My system hung and I had to reset it. Now gnome won't come up when I boot. I get a screen that has a little window in it that says something about it can't find a system with XDMCP(?) running. I have tried giving it the address of my machine in every form I can think of to no avail.