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367737 2005-06-29 05:02:00 should the name of the root account be 'root'?
im downloading the quake3 demo for linux right now, so ill have to wait till its done before i try that method 		Mirddes (10)
367738 2005-06-29 05:07:00 rootis the user name for the root account. There is no other.;)

su - should cause a "password:" prompt. The hyphen "-" means run as root, with root's PATH (which includes paths to some system commands). The password prompt requires the root password. The prompt character will change from "$" to "#" when you are running as root.

I don't know where ubuntu puts grub.conf ; Mandrake has it in /boot/grub . ;)

Try the highly useful locate command. "locate grub.conf". If it doesn't give an answer, you might need to build its database: updatedb &, and have a cup of coffee. Then come back and try the locate command again. 		Graham L (2)
367739 2005-06-29 05:12:00 i see what im doing wrong, i forgot to put the -
im such a noob =|
but i am learning, at that is the most important thing

what do i put after 'updatedb &' 		Mirddes (10)
367740 2005-06-29 05:44:00 Nothing, just run updatedb

It'll index your HDD

Then use locate :) 		Chilling_Silence (9)
367741 2005-06-29 05:47:00 i only installed ubuntu thismorning
and it still didnt find it

thanks for all the help sofar everyone =D
i would still be clicking root terminal over and over 		Mirddes (10)
367742 2005-06-29 06:02:00 The grub config file is normally kept in /boot/grub as grub.conf
so to edit it in an terminal as root:


su -
<passwd>
mount /boot
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

If the mount part doesnt work, don't worry, i'm just putting it in there because some people have a seperate /boot partition, and others dont. 		ILikeLinux (1669)
367743 2005-06-29 06:13:00 im such a noob, how do i save? Mirddes (10)
367744 2005-06-29 06:15:00 Ctrl + X
Then press Y <enter>

Then it should be saved, or alternative:

Ctrl + O, Ctrl + X
Done. 		ILikeLinux (1669)
367745 2005-06-29 06:17:00 Are you using nano? If you are, then to save it is just CRTL-O (letter O) and then Y to confirm and then CTRL-X to exit.

[Edit: see I'm too slow :p]

Nano is a command line text editor, but there are GUI's ones (text editor, gedit etc) which may be more comfortable for you to use. :) 		Jen (38)
367746 2005-06-29 06:33:00 tell me bout it, id much rather use a gui, but i cant get root for it, just for terminal.
but its all done now, =D, now my dad wont kill me each time he turns the computer on and it doesnt boot windows.

thanks for the help =D

i have got several other things i need help with though.
first id like to bump my resolution upto 1280x1024, but for whatever reason im limited to a max of 1024x768 which is far too small for what im usedto.

secondly i need to install the demo for quake3a which i just downloaded, keeps opening with gedit.

thanks for any further help in advance 		Mirddes (10)
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