Stupid Questions
Here are my stupid new linux user questions:
1) HOW DO YOU LOG IN AS ROOT??? I know my username and password, but I can't log in using those at the login thingy 2)When I try to install programs, i get "Permission Denied," but i think its cause i'm not logged in as root. 3) How do I mount my CD ROM? Maybe I need to mount as root... 4) I think all my problems are because I can't log in as root. Anywho, I'm trying to get my Lexar Media JumpDrive Secure to start, and when I start Linux I can see it load it up, but where can i go to see the files? Are they in some secrety hidden foldery thing? 5) I wanna get my external USB 80 gig slave drive to work. Help! (I bet i need root) Thanks if you can help me! I just now got internet to work... ^_^ Sincerely, John. The linux retard. I hate windows. |
if you want to log in as root,
login: root password: your-root-password thats it...although you have to be careful while being root. You may end up blowing everything. Tux. |
HOLY CRAP! I THINK I FORGOT MY ROOT LOG IN NAME!
I know the password, but i forgot the screen name... :eek: It might be John... or MasterJohn... or masterjohn or Master John I don't know Is there a way to get it back? Do I need to reinstall linux? :cry: |
Root's login name is (believe it or not) root. You set the password during the install -- hopefully you remember it. If you are logged in as yourself, you can also become root by typing "su =" (no quotes) at a command prompt, then entering the root password.
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ok, lemme try that real quick. I'll tell u if it works in a min. Thanks a ton! o_O
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Hey, who's buried in Grant's tomb?
Sorry, couldn't resist ;) Just to confuse you more... You should really read Rute: http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz Have fun! |
Wow. THat was easy. Worked instantly. I'm a retard. THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :D
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Ok... Now I'm able to log in as root, but installation stuff aint working.
Example: I try to install the new version of Gaim. I run in the command thingy (in the right directory and stuff: $ ./configure (Stuff appears, no errors) $ make (more stuff, no errors) $ make install (Lots more stuff, no errors) Now what? I can't find where GAIM went. (Btw, my version of linux is CollegeLinux 2.5 i think) |
"make install" with no errors means you installed the program. Since you didnt provide any prefix (directory of your preference) during installation...most likely it is in /usr/bin. I would suggest you type
$ gaim at the command prompt and see what happens...I think it should start. Edit: not to mention /usr/bin should be in your path. To check path type at the command prompt $ echo $PATH |
Re: Stupid Questions
I'll take a shot at these
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Answer to 5 -- If you have hotplug installed (rpm -qa|grep hotplug) it is generally mounted automagically to /dev/sda???. After you plug it in, tail /var/log/messages (as root) to see where it got mounted to, or if there was a problem. In KDE you can create a new device on the desktop to point to it and make things faster for you. |
It didn't work... :-( O well... I'm going to try to install one more time. Whats the EXACT THINGS i need to type and in WHAT ORDER? Just to make sure i don't mess it up... Thanks so much for the help u gave me so far. I'm gonna mess with what i got so far and see if it will work.
When I launched $ gaim Gaim version 0.43 started up and the promp said some kind of "permission denied" error (cause i'm not in as root) instead of 1.07 (the one i installed) I'm also trying to install Foomatic (for my printer) and mount my slave drive and thumb drive (which are both recognized at start-up in the command prompt stuff, but i can't find how to open the files. Help!) Thanks! :-P I'm also gonna try launching $ foomatic and see what happens. In fact, i'm gonna try right now before i finish this post! Wait a min... ... comand not found.... Shoot. o_O |
Hey, another weird thing!
How do you tell it where to install it to? I tried $ make install /home/zinggniz/foomatic/ for foomatic, (after creating the folder), but it just yelled an error at me. When I tried to mount my CD rom, it told me: "mount: can't find /iso9600 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab" and didn't work. Thanks for not giving up on me yet! |
Usually you use the --prefix option to ./configure to tell software where to install itself. Most configure scripts have a --help option that will tell you about this and other configuration options. If the software you're installing doesn't use autoconf/automake, you can usually specify it on the command line or edit the Makefile, but it varies.
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