Big problem from belgium after compliling my kernel

[Lucy]

hello from belgium,

ok, i 've a debian and i have installed the new kernel 2.4.19 into it. kernel, lilo,... configuration as usual BUT BUT BUT when i reboot my computer, after a few operation, there is The GNOME Desktop Manager who appears (i dont have that with the first installation) and ask me for a login and a password. i give root and my_password and it says the following message : " the system administrator is not allowed to login from this screen"..... BUT i m the boos and i cant login, it's incredible...

Is someone can help me,

thanks a lot,

bye.

[aLaiN]

this is quit normal, GDM allows only users to logon.
if you want to login as root just type "ctrl+alt+f2"
to go back to your Xscreen "ctrl+alt+f7"

if you don't want gdm -> apt-get --purge remove gdm

[Lucy]

i dont want that,.... Can you explain me...

[Dookie]

Hi Lucy,

you can also change the settings of the gdm, so you can also log in as root, but it is not so good, becaus when you login as root you may easy damage your system. It's better to login as normal user and then if you will install some new software or administrate your system, to make an "su" in the console and do it.


good luck

Dookie

[aLaiN]

type ctrl + alt + f2
login as root
type in the console apt-get --purge remove gdm
that's it
you won't have a graphical logonscreen anymore

if you want quick help, you can find me @ irc.nedlinux.nl

[Lucy]

Thanks with that i dont install all again....
My question was : why before compiling kernel, then in my debian installation with the kernel 2.2.20, i had never seen GDM and after, without doing more than compiling, i see a window with that, i's stranger as microsoft.... ive never says to run GDM at start...

i listen to you, expert... i want to anderstand..

Lu.

[pdreker]

It might be, that the 2.2 Kernel you used lacked some kind of video support, so gdm could not start, even if it wanted to. FrameBuffer comes to mind...

After compiling and installing the 2.4 Kernel with the appropriate video support (maybe you did the inadvertantly) gdm was able to start and so it did...
But that's just a guess. I will be quite difficult to find the exact cause of such a behaviour, after the fact... In fact I assume that this was not intended beahviour but a coincidence of your configuration and hardware constellation...

Patrick