http://speedtouchconf.sourceforge.net/ i am following the instructions on this page, and i would like to know how to open a virtual terminal to run the script as AS ROOT

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to a virtual terminal. Then log in as root.

If you need to shut down X windows, use You said you want to open a new virtual terminal; to do this, you can use

would i do this when i boot up the pc. And could you please tell me what does it mean by run the script as as root

thanks

root is the superuser of the system, similar to an administrator on a Windows system.

When a command is executed by root, it bypasses all of the usual integrety checking done on other users, so a root user can install software, kill processes or other housekeeping tasks that regular user (or a non-root intruder) should not be able to do.

You can switch to a different virtual terminal at any time, Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take you to a text console and Alt+F7 will take you back to terminal 7, which is usually used for X-Windows (your graphical user interface).

The easiest way to run a script as root is just to open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+F1, or start a termal emulator program like konsole or xterm), and then log in as root (with your root password) or type "su --login" to switch to the root user (again, entering your root password).

Hope that makes it clearer,

— Robert J. Lee

So i said, im following the guide for the speedtouch modem on the site in my first post. I am running mandrake 10 so according to some i do not need the tarball, i just need the firmware. So ive got that on disc and ive got it on my linux system. So what would i do after that. I have not saved it into any other file or directory and if i need to could you please tell me how to do this

Thanks