KDE here I come (can't fix Gnome problem)

["Michael D. Cencula" <mcencula columbus rr com>]

I've been trying to fix this problem in gnome, but to no avail.  If it
remains unsolvable, I'm gonna have to uninstall gnome and install KDE.  If
anyone can help resolve this, I'd rather stick with gnome.  Here is the
history of the problem.

Thanks,
Mike

> James, thanks for the suggestion. I followed your instructions so an ls -l
> now gives:
>
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 7652 Apr 13 19:13 gnome-pty-helper
>
> Unfortunately, this has had no effect. Any other ideas?
>
> Mike
>
> > Is the gnome-pty-helper program setuid root? It is located in the
> > $(prefix)/sbin directory. The permissions shown when you run look at it
> > with ls -l should be something like "-rwsr-xr-x" (note the s). If they
> > are not, run the following as root:
> > chown root.root $(prefix)/sbin/gnome-pty-helper
> > chmod a=rx,u+ws $(prefix)/sbin/gnome-pty-helper
> >
> > (where you replace $(prefix) with whatever prefix you installed gnome
> > under).
> >
> > James.


> > On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Michael D. Cencula wrote:
> >
> > > I've recently installed Gnome on my RH 5.2 system running kernel
2.0.36.
> > > When I run Gnome as root, and start a terminal, all is fine. When I
run
> > > Gnome as myself and start a terminal, the terminal doesn't show a
> prompt.
> > > Instead, it shows a block cursor in the upper left corner and does not
> > > accept keyboard input. How can I get my terminal windows to work
> correctly?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Michael D. Cencula
> > > junk1@cencula.penguinpowered.com