<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, R. G. Newbury <<a href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org">newbury@mandamus.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> >> I've done this on a F10 system. The .dmrc files does not exist for root >> >> even >> >> I chose the session at the login window. So I created /root/.dmrc. I log >> >> out >> >> and back in and my root session is saved. >> >> The syntax of the .dmrc doesn't use PREFERRED in it. That's for the >> >> prefdm file, which you can modify if you like. >> >> I'm not using prefdm or at all. I'm not changing any other files except >> >> .dmrc. > > > > thats what I mean for one of my last posts. I checked for the .dmrc file > > and it still doesnt do it. Are you sure it works, because root isnt even in > > the drop down user list from GDM, thats what seems to be the problem. I > > have to click "other" so no session info is saved. >I can assure you it works for me, but I have to type in the root >account. >All other user names show up and I can click one to select it. >The GDM has changed the way root logins are handled. I don't know >whether there is a way to make the root account appear at the GDM >login. Comment out the 4th line of /etc/pam.d/gdm so it reads: #auth required pam_suceed_if.so user != root quiet And log-out. 'Root' is now an acceptable user during the graphical login as an 'Other'. (And /root/.dmrc will continue to exist if you use it/create it.) </blockquote><div> thats for the info, but it wasnt actually what the problem was. I'll keep trying things, someone mentioned SLiM, sounds nice to try too. </div></div>