On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 22:37:33 +0100 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:05:44 -0700, stan wrote: > > I boot into runlevel 5, login to Gnome as a user. > > Switch to a console (4, if that matters) (*not* an xterm), login as > > root. > > Well, the original test-case is to use a graphical terminal, not > a virtual console. That explains it. I (almost) always do root operations in a virtual console if they are command line. If I have a time when I don't mind rebooting, I'll try this the original way. But it probably won't work, given your experience. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
