Robert Sweetnam wrote:
> David wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>> My laptop is freezing after logging in as ROOT at the Metacity icon
>> on the splash screen. There is nothing I can do to resume after
>> this. If I log in as a user all works as it should any ideas?
>>>> Cheers
>>>> D
>> Hi.
> On the console type the following commands:
>> init 3 #Changes to run level 3 to stop gdm
> cd /root
> rm -r -f .gnome
> rm -r -r .gnome2
> init 5 #Changed to run level 5 to restart gdm
>> Cheers
> Robert
>>>Cheers Robert,
Worked a treat!
No amount of "footering" would allow me to go with the init3 command.
Reading my book of many words came up with telinit but this only
partially worked as it blanked the screen and left me with a flashing
cursor which would not do anything - effectively machine locked
requiring a forced reboot. In the end I edited intitab.
Where did I go wrong? Linux = Fedora Core 5
Cheers
D
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