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...?

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
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

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

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"?