Re: unable to use gnome except as root

[Billie Cleek <cleek csc smsu edu>]

I know that this might be silly, but it's always best to start with the
most basic first. Have you checked your permissions on your /home
directories?

On Wed, 24 May 2000, Christopher Bowland wrote:

> I can use Gnome as root with the startx command.
> 
> However, when I try to startx as a regular user (not root) Gnome core
> dumps with the message that it cannot create the ".gnome" directory for
> the user.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea what to do to fix this issue?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> Christopher Bowland
> Enterprise Consulting Group
> 
> 
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