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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