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| 158150 | 2003-07-08 00:32:00 | Hi, I have been following the current step by step linux guide in PC World and as a result I have PC running Mandrake Linux 9.1. One thing I am having trouble with I cant log into the computer as root, usually there is an option to log in as root but I can only log in as myself. When I try and do some things in the system, it sais that I need root access, I thought it would just prompt me for the root password but it doesnt, it just doesnt let me do what I want to do. An example is trying to unmount the CD Rom drive by right clicking on the desktop icon and selecting unmount, apparently this requires root privelages which I cant get access to. I have tryed typing su in the konsole and entering the root password, but this has no effect. Any thoughts would be appreciated Thanks |
Nuts8 (1787) | ||
| 158151 | 2003-07-08 01:06:00 | Try using CTRL+ALT+Backspace to kill X (your KDE or Gnome), and then at the prompt enter root for username and then the password. Remember to switch back to your normal login when you have finished. | Jen C (20) | ||
| 158152 | 2003-07-08 01:20:00 | hmmm ... in Konsole what are you typing to unmount the CDROM? You should just need to type this: umount /mnt/cdrom |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 158153 | 2003-07-08 05:14:00 | Another problem can occur when the CD is "still in use" . That's when you have a session which is "in" one of the CD directories . I finally got Mandrake (9 . )) going on one machine . I managed to have /dev/cdrom mounted four times according to mtab . It didn't want to be unmounted . :D Apart from the fact that APC gave the install CDs names which Mandrakes application installer doesn't recognise, and pilot-link doesn't want to work (just like Windows) . . . I'm reserving judgement . Like all modern distributions it wants far too much disk space . :D To get a root session, all you have to do is Ctrl/Alt/F1 (or F2, F3, . . . F6) . F7 is the X-Window session, so you can get back to that from the root console session with Alt/F7 . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 158154 | 2003-07-09 08:52:00 | Go to Start -> Configuration -> KDE -> System -> Login Manager . Then under the "Users" tab, uncheck root as a hidden user . Logout and you will be given the option of logging in as root from now on . It's a bit of a hidden option but very useful once you've done it . I posted the same question a couple of weeks ago, Thanks LinuxShop . co . nz for the answer |
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