On 12/14/2012 12:05 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On a 12.1 system, I cannot log in as root via KDM/XDM.
Nobody said this before, so I'll do it (for novice readers): Logging in as root via KDM/XDM is a security risk. Many programs which are run during that which may or may not be designed to be run as root. So you 99.999% simply won't even want to even think about that you want to do such a thing. If you need root privileges in a GUI session, e.g. for Yast2, then login as a normal user, then "su root -" in a terminal and then start that program. In your case, it seems overkill to change the login manager's settings in order to login as root, just in order to create a new user account (even if it is the first one). Go to tty1 by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1, and login as root there; yast2 has a nice curses-based mode there. Have a nice day, Berny -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org