Re: 1024_Cylinder

From: Richard Steven Hack (richardhack_at_prontomail.com)
Date: 01/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:40:20 GMT

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:56:12 GMT, john <vze4j6mv@verizon.net> wrote:

>I boot into runlevel 3. I can either login as root or as a user.
>The problem occurs when I run GDM, KDM, or startx.
>As root, startx is broken(no .Xauthority, how odd) GDM and KDM are
>fine. If I login as user, neither GDM or KDM will accept the user/pwd.
>If I login as root and su user the same problem occurs.

Ah, I see, my mistake. Afraid I can't solve that one off the top of
my head.

>I skimmed through the White Box site and it merits further research.

Keep in mind that it's primary purpose is for Red Hat Enterprise users
who don't want to switch to Fedora OR pay the new Red Hat licensing
scheme and it's goal is to allow those people to continue to use RHEL
and take advantage of the five-year Red Hat errata lifetime.

>Sorry if I was unduly cynical and surly, I occasionally suffer a
>toaster mentality, pop in the OS and your done. I forget half the
>fun and learning are the problems.

No problem. Frustration is endemic with computers! You should hear
how surly I get with this machine on either OS - Windows or Linux! 

-- 
Richard Steven Hack
"Whatever does not kill me makes me stronger" - 
and YOU have not killed me!

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