[PLUG] Unable to use the root account in FC5

[Prateek Tandon]

>
>  Dear friend,
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> > > Dear friend,
> > >                 I am unable to use the root account in Fedora Core 5.
> After booting up, I enter the username root and then type the correct
> password. Then it logs in into root - it shows the Fedora splash screen but
> then this splash screen disappears showing only a dark blue screen. It does
> not load anything - no nautilus, no desktop, nothing. I have no option but
> to press the reset button on the computer.
>
         Prateek Tandon.


  Boot into console mode and see if you can log in as root. If you can, then
> > problem is with X login with root account. Try startx >log.err 2>&1 and
> see
> > what errors turn up.
>
> I am able to login as root not only in console mode but also  in fail-safe
> GNOME mode. I tried startx>log.err and got the following error message:
>
> Fatal *Server* *Error*:
> *Server* is already active for display 0
> If this *server* is no longer running, *remove* /*tmp/X0-lock* and start
> again.
>
> I removed /tmp/.X0-lock and again tried startx but I got the same problem
> as before: Only a splash screen of Fedora which disappears followed by a
> blank dark blue screen.
>          Regards,
>   Prateek Tandon.
>