Huh? Root-password in Ubuntu 5.04
 

Seems like I have a bit of a problem except the last one...
I was trying to install the latest ATI-drivers for my 9600 Atlantis GPU so I downloaded the drivers, and so far, so good.

But when I tried to run the setup from a terminal, it said I didn't had the access.
Well, I used my brain and choosed the "Root-Terminal" from the upper panel.
Everything seemed to be OK and linus@AMD64 had been changed to root@AMD64.

BUT, the problem with the access still remained. As far as I know, and which I'm pretty sure about, I wrote ONE password during the installation of the dist (Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog) when I could add user accounts. And that password does not match the "root" account. But as I said above, it looks like I can reach the root@AMD64-thing through the Root-terminal.

Perhaps there is no root-account in Ubuntu? Or the one I created with username and password during the installation is set as a root? Well, I don't know by myself, and I'm sure I didn't choose any root password by myself during the setup.

Thanks alot, I appreciate all help I can get...

//Linus Waerner

Maybe it is:

toor (which I got off another LQ thread)
nopassward at all (usually the case)

root is only the password when or during install, not when it is installed. And there is always a root account.

--Abid Kazmi

from the ubuntu wiki :

to explain further:

to run commands simple put sudo in front of commands that will need root privileges.

I tried the no-pass alternative recently, without any success, but I'll try toor as soon as possible.
But if it's just like you said, there's ALWAYS a root account?
I've already made a search at Ubuntu's documentations for deafult passwords, without success, but I'll try your way :)

Is there any way to change it later on, from the console?

basically ubuntu makes it very hard to simply log into a console as root.

Thanks alot, that sounds like a solvation to me, I'll try that :)

to set the root passwood in Ubuntu open a terminal

#passwd root

that is it.

Regards
Richard

Okay, the root-pwd change went just fine, then it's only the driver installation problem left.

root@AMD64:/home/linus/Program # ./fglrx64_6_8_0-8.14.13-1.x86_64.rpm
bash: ./fglrx64_6_8_0-8.14.13-1.x86_64.rpm: Åtkomst nekas
root@AMD64:/home/linus/Program #

Åtkomst nekas = Access Denied in Swedish

So I tried to use "sudo" in the front of the command, and all that happened was that I could see all code, no execution of it...? :confused:

root@AMD64:/home/linus # sudo
usage: sudo -K | -L | -V | -h | -k | -l | -v
usage: sudo [-HPSb] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid]
{ -e file [...] | -i | -s | <command> }
root@AMD64:/home/linus #


I tried the -e parameter which looks most correct to me, but I guess I'm wrong? (As usual :P)

//
Greetings

in Ubuntu you have a sudo account by default, so you do not need to run the sudo command. You have virtual root privs as is.

If you want to run as root, then

#su -

Regards
Richard

root@AMD64:/home # cd linus/Program
root@AMD64:/home/linus/Program # ./fglrx64_6_8_0-8.14.13-1.x86_64.rpm
-su: ./fglrx64_6_8_0-8.14.13-1.x86_64.rpm: Permission denied
root@AMD64:/home/linus/Program #

I don't get it :confused: :confused: :confused:
I thought I only had to run the RPM-package from the GUI, but then File Roller starts, and I can extract it to different folders, followed by the error message that I can't extract the files there.

So that's why I tried the console...

file-roller is not for rpms... it is for extracting compressed files.

with Ubuntu, you should just use apt-get... there are thousands of apps.

from a command line you use dpkg

oh... and don't use rpms ;) otherwise you have to convert them to .deb with alias

Regards
Richard

Hey! I'm just a n00b! apt-get, .deb and stuff like that are chinese to me ;)
And the drivers from ati.com are only shared as RPM as far as I can see.

And yes, File Roller is just for compressed files, that's why I think it shouldn't open it :rolleyes:

So, If I've downloaded all files from ATI.com, what's next? None of them works as a want them to :(
The RPM won't extract itself, just appear in File Roller, and the ATI-script won't run, the terminal just shows me the code :(


I'm a loser :cry:

I meant alien ;)

to install software in Ubuntu just use the graphical tools. From a terminal you can download with apt-get from the internet or from your cd... example

#apt-get install firefox

you may need to update the database first

#apt-get update

Debian use .deb files. You can convert .rpm files to .deb using a programme called alien

open a terminal and type

#apt-get install alien

then cd to the folder with the ati rpm package in it and type

#alien -d nameofyourfile

then you can double click the file it creates to install it.

Good luck, gotta go now.

Regards
Richard

So far so good,

It still open itself i File Roller, but now I can see two tar.gz-files (Control.tar.gz and Data.tar.gz) and one "Debian-Binary" instead. But no "autorun"? :(