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Old 08-05-2006, 06:21 AM
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i'm using FC5 but i'm unable to start gui with the command of

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startx
from root, but if i login from any user account and enter startx it go to KDE. any help that why it don't go to KDE/GNOME from root???


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Old 08-05-2006, 05:43 PM
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What error do you see?

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tail -f /var/log/XFree86.0.log
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