gnome problem

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 19:58 +0000, eoghan wrote:
> On 25 Feb 2006, at 19:52, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> 
> >>>
> >>> The same way you login as root.  You just use a different  
> >>> username and
> >>> password.
> >>>
> >>> Joe
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> I have done this and posted this reply:
> >>
> >> Ok so I have logged in now as a different user. So now when I got to:
> >> Desktop -> Administration -> Networking
> >> i get prompted for the root password, which I enter and it works.
> >> But when I go to any of the rest:
> >> Desktop -> Administration -> Services
> >> Desktop -> Administration -> Shared Folders
> >> Desktop -> Administration -> Time and Date
> >> Desktop -> Administration -> Users and Groups
> >> now I am prompted for the root password. But after I enter it, it
> >> tells me i have entered the wrong password!!!
> >> I have tried it several times, am 100% sure of the password as I use
> >> it all the time. Strange thing is: why does it work for networking
> >> and nothing else???
> >> I am running freeBSD 6.0-RELEASE with gnome 2.12.3 (built 02/23/06).
> >
> > Must be a local problem on your system.  It works for me.  Try  
> > upgrading
> > all ports to their latest versions.
> >
> > Joe
> 
> I just rebuilt everything on the 23rd of Feb... I used the install  
> script for gnome from the freeBSD site.
> So everything is up to date. Curious why one works and none of the  
> others do...

Clearly you haven't updated everything to the latest since the current
development version of GNOME is 2.13.91.

Joe

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