First of all, do NOT use root. Create a normal user account, even if it's just for test.
Make sure both hald and dbus are running, they should be started because of gnome_enable but check it nonetheless.
Also have a look in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/messages for any errors.
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