On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:32:57 -0400, Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Bo Berglund wrote: > >> Next time you start up, log in as root and wait. > >You never need to log into the GUI as root. Just run the programs you >need to as root. For instance, when you need to do updates, it will ask >you for the root password. But everything else remains with user >privileges. > >Matt Flaschen I actually first tried that, logging in as myself. But when I wanted to edit grub.conf using the text editor it would not allow me and I could not see any way of starting the text editor with root priviliges either. So then I started a command window and inside that I used su to become root. Then I used nano to edit grub.conf. I did that after first trying the text editor again (now with root in the command window) but it still would not allow me to edit grub.conf. Seems like the su in the command window is only valid inside the command window itself. Is there a way to start the text editor as root???? But using nano was a disaster, because after adding the extra parameters somehow nano split the kernel command line into two separate lines and when I subsequently restarted I got back to the garbled initial screens and finally to a situation where I could not move the mouse anymore. So I had to *reset* the machine and use command line parameters from the boot screen once more to get back in. Then I logged on as root and could use text editor to modify grub.conf. That is when I saw that the previous edit with nano had actually managed to create two lines out of the single kernel line! So I think it is safer to log on as root the first time so that the final setup chores can all be accomplished without permission problems. By the way: When I had to reset the machine to get control back I probably did so at a not so good time, because on each boot now the loader complains about disk corruption. It flashes by so fast that I can't say exactly what it says, but definitely about the disk. Is there a linux utility like the Windows chkdsk that can be used to repair the disk if it is corrupted? If so, how is it used? Bo Berglund
