mikshaw
Group: Members
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Posted: July 28 2005,14:42 |
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If you were logged into X as root:
rule #1: If you are regularly logged in as root, stop and think about what you're doing. Root has ultimate power...the power to give and to take away. One misplaced character in a command can destroy your entire system and all your data files. Also, the world is filled miscreants and villains who would take advantage of any opportunity to steal or destroy....running as root online gives them a much better opportunity to play at your expense.
Now to your question:
You'll need to give more information about your setup if you are going to continue asking step-by-step questions...it will take forever to set up your system if we're just guessing.
Were you running as another user other than dsl or root? Does user dsl still have a home directory with config files intact? Did you try the 'startx' command as dsl? Are you running liveCD, frugal, harddrive install, other? What have you done which might change default settings, such as adding more users, editing config files, entering boot options, or installing/removing software? There are more things to consider, but basically it would be helpful to know if anything has changed from what a person would experience booting up from a liveCD.
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