Apparently not.  Trying to log in as root at the ubuntu gdm login is
prohibited even tho the real root user is enabled and has a password.
Logging in as me and using Ctrl-Alt-F2 to go to the second textual console
allows me to login there as root.  However, trying to startx there gives the
same result as trying to do so inside an xterminal in which I have done su
-.  Specifically:
root@ldesk:~# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.7463

X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of requested priority 0

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
        If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
        and start again.

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
giving up.
xinit:  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
root@ldesk:~#
Now this makes sense to me since there really IS an x-server running and it
does own resources I would be using.

On 11/28/06, Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:
>
> > So once again, I would like to be capable of using a gui desktop and gui
> > tools while logged in a root when I as sole proprietor of my network and
> > computing facilities decide to do so.  I want the freedom and do not
> want my
> > OS to prevent me.  My risk and my freedom.  Like I said I use sudo for
> most
> > such things but just hate being a second class citizen (unable to use
> > MYchoice of tools) when I decide to be root.
>
> Yes, you can run startx as root.
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