can't run gnome as root - addition

[Tom H]

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Lentes, Bernd
<bernd.lentes at helmholtz-muenchen.de> wrote:
> Luan wrote:
>> On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 17:28 +0200, Lentes, Bernd wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, i forgot: i'm running LTS 64bit.
>>
>> try:
>>
>> $sudo passwd root - to enable root
>>
>> and:
>>
>> $sudo passwd -l root - to disable root account.
>
> i did this already. But logging on Gnome using the root account
> didn't suceed. After logging on I have a turning wheel for half an
> hour, than I gave up.

Enabling the root user won't be enough. You're going to have to change
LightDM (assuming that this is your DM) preferences and possibly pam
preferences too.

Why can't you use sudo/gksudo/pkexec as NoOp suggested?