Re: [orca-list] Slightly OT: Running gnome as root

["Rich Caloggero" <rjc MIT EDU>]

What is the advantage or disadvantage of running gdm?  Is this a "window 
manager"? What exactly does it do?
Sorry for my ignorance, but X startup has always been a mystery to me.  Any 
docs that make this clear?

Alex wrote:
> Is this part of any configuration for gnome-session, and if so, where 
> would  that configuration be located?

What is gnome-session? I definately see a process called gnome-session on my 
machine, which is always present when someone is logged in at the console. 
Does this mean that I'm not using gdm either?  I do have /etc/gdm directory.

Thanx.
-- Rich


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Snow" <lists h14me homelinux net>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Slightly OT: Running gnome as root


> Looking around a bit more, I find some documentation saying you need to
> edit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf...since I'm not using gdm, is there somewhere
> else I should look for something preventing me from starting as root? is
> this part of any configuration for gnome-session, and if so, where would
> that configuration be located?
>
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