Not really, gdm does more than start X and log users in. I don't know how much more it does but i think it is part of the auto-mount process and managing permissions inside X On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > I built a new "normal" user and tried it there and got the same > results as I do with my original normal user. > > Now I need to provide some more details because I found a solution to > the problem so it seems.  I usually like to get into gnome by typing > 'startx' from a native text console.  When I do it this way, I get the > problems I've been writing about for the past several days.  Now if I > use 'gdm' by starting it up from a root console and then login with > the normal user, I get automount functionality back.  I thought gnome > would basically operate the same way once someone is logged in > regardless of how they got there. > > Like I said before, My knowledge of gnome internal is next to none. so > don't know much about really getting everything out of that > environment yet.  It does seem strange to me that normal users have to > have logged in via gdm to get this automount stuff to work but if root > loggs in via startx then automount works strait away. > > Sound confusing enough? > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss