19/05/2011 18:17, Dick Bayerl wrote: > I am frustrated. I have tried installing both UBUNTU and DEBIAN with > the same problem. I never can login to root so I can't make changes to > various files. Not the owner. I am just now installing DEBIAN on a > second machine and keeping careful notes about the password to see if > that will work. I really like the idea of working with DEBIAN and hope > I can get past this issue. > Dick Bayerl > >
Hi, don't login as root in X, instead deactivate temporarily X-session access control, and launch desired gui tool as root: xhost + sudo whatever_gui_tool Or you can use the "x" su-to-root util from your desktop environment, gksu for Gnome or kdesu for KDE : alt + F2 (keys "alt" and "F2" pressed simultaneously) gksu whatever_gui_tool This way you can launch gedit or nautilus with root privileges. To re-enable X-session control use "xhost -". Hope it help alleviate the frustration ;-) . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dd62e9a.6070...@googlemail.com
