On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:43, John Noll wrote: > > > > You must be root to install/remove rpms. You can read the rpm db as a > > normal user, but you can't write to it. > > > > Thanks for the quick response. One more question. What does the > following mean and why I am I getting this output. Can I fix it? > > [root@localhost apt]# gedit > > (gedit:1131): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager: > Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols > specified are supported and host-based authentication failed. > [root@localhost apt]#
This means that gnome is probably running as you (a normal user) and gedit is running as root, so it can't connect to the session manager to save it's settings and stuff. This is perfectly fine, since you don't want gedit (root) saving settings to your gnome settings for your user. Michael > > Thanks, > > john > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
