What was in the saved /home? From which distro and what did it use for 'desktop'? I ask as you may need to copy over more folders/files from /etc/skel.

Hi again,

I did not try the graphical login for root earlier this afternoon. I did ctrl+alt+f2 and loged in as root like that. Have just tried the graphical login for root and the same thing is happening. The root partition was completely reformated by antix installer - so it claimed!!

I was running debian-lenny prior to antix.

OK problem partly gone by copying over .xinitrc. Not as pretty as the live cd. Missing wallpaper and conky. Could be missing some more from /etc/skel.

Could you advise.

Also how to use the graphical login to logout. There appears to be no way to shutdown unless forcibly shutting down.

Cheers

Copy over all the files in /etc/skel to your user directory. (except maybe Wallpaper and Documents folder, instead copy over the contents if those folders already exist in your home user directory).

Make sure that the permissions are kept, ie username not root.

Once you have done the above you should be able to shutdown via menu. (Maybe need to logout, login first though or reboot)

Just for you to know, crassone, antiX doesn't log in as root in the graphical environment.
Also if you need to shut down or reboot and you don't have an entry for that in the menu or toolbar, you can just launch the commands 'sudo halt' or 'sudo reboot'.

What anti said should put your home folder in order.

Hi all,

Thanks for the info. I didnt realise that sudo halt/reboot was available.

I copied all from /etc/skel and seems ok.

SORTED!! __{{emoticon}}__