Re: can't log in as root

From: houghi (houghi_at_houghi.org.invalid)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:30:34 -0000

Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> I logged out of the desktop and saw the log-in screen. I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1
> and logged in as root. I then did wmlist and saw fvwm2. Thereupon I
> entered startx fvwm2 only to receive this error message:
>
> fatal server error
> Server is already active for display0
> if this server is no longer running, remove
> /tmp/.X0-lock and try again
>
> now what?

Sorry, before you do 'startx' you do 'init 3'. That way you have shut
down the X server.

At the end to get your GUI-login back, you do:
a) 'init 5'
b) [ctrl][alt][F1]
c) log out as root
d) [ctrl][alt][F7] 

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