Description of problem: While logged in as root I enabled desktop effects. After logging out I tried logging back in and the login got as far as displaying the small KDE icon before blacking out the screen quickly and returning to the main login screen. Could not login using root. Had another user account that was not desktop effects enabled and login was fine. Not sure how to reset that desktop effects in root via another account using su. I have applied all patches as of today. My system uses a P4 2.4Ghz with onboard video. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login as root 2. Enable desktop effects 3. Log out and then back in. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I don't think root is special there, it's probably desktop effects in general which are unreliable. Try logging in as your non-root user, opening a Konsole (terminal) and entering: /usr/libexec/kde4/kdesu systemsettings That should launch System Settings for root.
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Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question? If you won't reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.
This bug has been in NEEDINFO for more than 30 days since feedback was first requested. As a result we are closing it. If you can reproduce this bug in the future against a maintained Fedora version please feel free to reopen it against that version. The process we're following is outlined here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp