030317 magic wrote: > Buchan Milne wrote: >> magic wrote: >>> #2517 appears to still be there (not fixed). >>> root login issue(s). >> If the menus work, I see this as a very minor irritation. The only time >> you should even need to log in as root to KDE sb for critical stuff. >> You should not be using much (ie get it, do what you want, get out). >> Actually, it might be a better tool to convince users >> not to log in as root than mdkkdm ;-). > I would agree with above, but in my case, I don't even get to the menu. > As described in the bug report, kde doesn't even finish initializing. > All I see is the Red background, and the clock (watch) face. > No menus, no task bar, no nothing. > The system doesn't lock-up, as I can move the mouse > and the clock moves around the screen, but that gets old fast.
why does anyone want to login as root when using a multi-desktop i/face? surely, anyone would simply have a root console running on 1 desktop with the background set to a suitable shade of red? isn't the whole idea of logging-in as root a throw-back to the days when UNIX systems were all confined to CLI operation? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto
