Did you try logging in as root from a console on the Gnome2 box and running startx? There might be something about a magic cookie you need to address?
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:44 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > I ask some carefully phrased questions that get various useless > answers. > > Some recent answers have been: > 1. That is an "XY Problem" > 2. Don't do that. > 3. I know how but won't tell you as someone else may read answer > and carelessly > apply it, resulting in a bollixed system. > I get a chuckle about that one as I was asking how to run > Gnome2 with root > privileges. Jessie MATE allows me to simply login as root. > 4. You are making life difficult for yourself. > *NO*, the system designers have made decisions suitable for > the mythical > "typical"(sic) user. I don't have unlimited infinitely fast > internet nor even > bleeding edge hardware. My vision isn't what is was >50 years > ago. > > Is there a mailing list or USENET forum with a culture that > assumes that: > 1. one actually meant to ask the question as stated. > 2. one is responsible enough to accept that unthinking use of > answers can have > "un-nice" effects ;/ > > I've pretty much settled on Debian, but like some features of > Slackware and Linux from Scratch. > > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
