Re: [Q] gdm install failure.

[Martin Kasper Petersen <mkp socsci auc dk>]

>>>>> "Bertrand" == Bertrand Guiheneuf <Bertrand.Guiheneuf@inria.fr> writes:

Bertrand> 4) tried to test:
Bertrand> 	go to console mode. log as root. su gdm whoami --> gdm
Bertrand> 	gdm

Bertrand> Dec 3 17:42:14 linoleum gdm[1774]: gdm_slave_session_init:
Bertrand> Could not become bertrand. Aborting.

          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This reads: ``I need root priviledges''. 

The gdm daemon needs to run as root. The gdm user is only used by the
greeter process, while the gdm group is used by both.

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