unable to use gnome except as root

[Christopher Bowland <cyb ec-group com>]

I can use Gnome as root with the startx command.

However, when I try to startx as a regular user (not root) Gnome core dumps with the message that it cannot create the ".gnome" directory for the user.

Does anyone have an idea what to do to fix this issue?

Thanks!

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Christopher Bowland
Enterprise Consulting Group