Re: Solved Re: Blank Screen, Gnome Config Problem?

[Mark Ness <mark noneinc us>]

Jeff Boyce wrote:

> Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.  I am still not sure what the 
> root cause of my desktop configuration problem was, but it is now back 
> to normal. A very early suggestion was that I had multiple instances 
> of X initiated, and there is a possibility that this may have been 
> part of the problem. Thanks to Sean for his suggestion to log into a 
> virtual consol.  I logged in as my normal user, then su'd to root and 
> started X using the command Sean provided below, when the X and Gnome 
> session came up for the root user it was back to normal.  I saved the 
> setting, logged out, then back in, and everything looks fine.  I am 
> not sure what the cause/solution was but it is ok now.  If anyone has 
> a good understanding of what happened please fill me in.  My big 
> lesson, ...only log into root when it is absolutely necessary.
>
> Jeff

I have even had mishaps with su root where I forgot to exit root (and 
therefore
forgot I was root) so anytime I need to su root, I open an xterm with a 
different
color scheme so I can see at a glance that I am indeed root.
I use xterm -bg black -fg red -(other irrealavant options).
Just a simple suggestion :)