hi all, i am relatively new to linux and i have a few basic questions, that i hope someone will be willing to help me with. i am running SuSE 6.2 and KDE 1.1.2. - i have set my system to boot to the command prompt, because i don't want to start KDE when i log on as root. however, when i log on as a user, i would like to start KDE automatically. at first i just put the command 'startx' in ~/.profile. that works, but when i open up a terminal in KDE, it gives an error message saying that the X server is already running. i reckon i can solve this problem by adjusting ~/.profile in such a way that startx is only executed when X isn't already running, but how can i test this? - is it possible to configure the system in such a way that a user can shut the computer down, too, and not just 'root'? it's annoying to have to su to root all the time before shutting down. - i don't really understand the concepts of 'X server', 'window manager' etc. is there any good documentation on this? something that explains the outline of the graphical interface in unix/linux in some detail? any help would be greatly appreciated! joost kremers ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/