Newbie questions

[Tom Scott <tscott abcdistributing com>]

Hi All,

I'm new to Gnome and been away from Linux for several years. I have 2
questions, both of which are likely easy. I've searched everywhere for the
answers... My system is RH 6.1 with Gnome and Enlightenment.

First, when I startx as root I get a warning message from Gnome about
running file manager as root. Until I get things setup I'll always be root.
I would love to shut off this warning.

Second, I would like to change the mouse pointer to something with a
different angle. Are there any options?

Thanks for any help.

Tom Scott