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Date:      Thu, 25 May 2000 07:33:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>
To:        Brian Camba <beesea@freewwweb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: problems with root
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000525073347.conrads@home.com>
In-Reply-To: <392CD307.908859BF@freewwweb.com>

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On 25-May-00 Brian Camba wrote:
> i'm having two problems with the root account:
> 
> 1) i can't start kde.  after the login screen, the goes screen black,
> then goes back to the login screen.  i've been using fvwm2, and it
> worked fine.

Does root have an .xsession file in his home directory?  With executable
permissions?

> 2) this may be the cause of the first problem.  i can't seem to change
> the root's shell, or any other settings.

You mean "chsh" doesn't work?

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Conrad Sabatier
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