Can't login in as root on any GUI

[tstolber]

Hi

I am trying to set various things up on my machine and I am sure I can do them from the debian GUI (which I think is excellent!) becuase I have to be the root user.

When I try and log in as root user all I get is that the login windo shudders a bit and then just says something about the system aministrator can't log in. I find that a bit strange. When I login as root from the console all is fine!

Any help on this would be great.

Cheers

[budman7]

In Debian root can not login to X.

What you can do is su into root, via console.
Then launch the app that you want to chane from the console.

[Vergil83]

you can change the "no root login at gui" if you want. In GDM for example, under the setup you can select allow root login

[St. Joe]

No one should ever login as root.
Do not enable that option in GDM.

[tstolber]

Thanks for your answers.

What I have been doing as alt+ctrl+F1 / F7 to switch between DebianX window and console. It would just be eaier if I could do it all from the desktop, although I do wish to learn to do it all from the command line.

Now - if I could just get my NIC working with linux so I can connect to the internet!

Thanks for your answers.

[budman7]

Instead of going into Alt + Ctrl + F1, why not just open up a terminal.
You can open it, minmizie it, have several terminals open in tabs.
Much easier than using Ctrl + Alt + F1.

[tstolber]

Thanks for the tip - yes I have actualy been doing that. I like the multiple desktops that you can have as well.

I am still stick for getting on the net.

I am sure all my files ate correctly set up but I am pretty sure my 3com NIC ethernet card needs the correct drivers installing and it keeps failing when I select them!

ifconfig eth0 gives me all the hardware info. All the files are set up as far as I am aware.

I am trying to set up a PPP connection to a DSL modem.
I can turn pon and poff

Interestingly I don't have a /var/log/ppp.log file?

Hmmmm

[budman7]

Why are you trying to use PPP with an Ethernet card?
PPP is for dialup.
Maybe PPPoE would be better. I don't use DSL, so I am not sure if this is correct or not.

[tstolber]

Hi

I have used pppoe to configure it.
I didn't think ppp was specificaly for dial up though is it?
Its peer to peer (or point to point) protocol.

I am fairly sure all my files are set up correctly. I can't get the drivers to load for my card. I know the hardware addresses and all the details but the drivers won't load, they are there.

Hmmmm????

[Keithj]

I had similar problems, and eventually found a solution that worked. I assume you've done "Control Center - Internet & Desktop - Local Network Browsing - LISA Daemon" and set up the IP addresses? That's all I had to do to get on the Internet with mine.

To get the Linux machine to allow the others on the network to access it, now that was a bundle of laughs. Eventually I found the fix for that (a bit of a kludge, I have to say) on a German-language Knoppix forum.