Problem with xterm/console

[Karol]

Hi,

I'm linux newbie and usually I'm using my root account for everything (I 
have FC2 on my private computer and it's only occasionally connected to 
internet). I'd really like to start working as a standard user but I 
have always the same problem (it was also on FC1). The problem is that 
at the beginning everything with console (xterm or standard gnome 
console) works perfectly. After installing several programs, couple of 
reboots, when I open console it's empty, it's kind of hanging up. Can 
you give me some advices how to set permissions for installed programs 
so standard user can access them and the most important how to access 
console when I'm standard user.

I have FC2 with Gnome, kernel 2.2.40.

-- Greetings - Karol Pluciennik
e-mail: troloo at idea.net.pl