Roy J. Tellason, Sr. composed on 2015-08-12 10:05 (UTC-0400): > Lisi Reisz wrote: >> Debian has decided not to allow GUI root log-ins. It is not a case of I'm not so sure whether it has anything to do with Debian, but rather the default tdm config file specifies safer when there are alternatives available. >> "not being bothered", and there is nothing wrong with Konsole (which is >> supplied by TDE, not Debian). > I don't know where this is defined, but if I find it I'm surely going to > change it! root@myhost# whoami root root@myhost:~# ps -A | egrep 'mc|onsole' 1152 ? 00:00:01 konsole 1167 pts/2 00:00:00 mc root@myhost:~# uname -a Linux myhost 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt11-1 (2015-05-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@gmyhost:~# grep PRETTY /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" root@myhost:~# egrep 'root|wRoot' /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc AllowRootLogin=true SelectedUsers=root,... > As of this point in time, I find that if I log in as root in a text > console, ignoring the GUI login for the moment, then I can "startx" and > it will get me there. But there's no obvious way to choose what desktop I > want, so even though I have several installed (TDE is coming soon! :-) > I'm stuck in Xfce. > Anybody know how to fix either of these things? Man startx. Simply startx works here with TDE as the already selected/default session. startx /opt/trinity/bin/starttde also works here, but it disregards my xrandr display startup commands in /etc/X11/*. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/