---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: kernel.linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:52:30 +0500 Subject: Re: Several questions. To: spencer ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 04:43:01 -0400, spencer ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Last week I installed Debian for the first time > and now I would like to update my system. > My first question is when I try to sign on > in the debian gui pop up I get the message > that root can't use that window to sign on. > Why is that and how can I over come that? Hello Spencer, As you are mentioning that GUI d'nt allow you to login as root , so it must be showing you the reason of that. You can over come with # useradd -uid 0 -g 0 -o -s /etc/SHELL_DIR/SHELL_NAME \ -d /home/USER_HOME_DIR_NAME username but i will prefer to add your own username with unique uid. you can take help from manual if i am not good with syntax > I would now like to update my desktop > environment to the new release of KDE. > Do I have to update the GNOME package > as well? > TIA. > Wayne > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Nayyar Ahmad Lecturer Faculty Of Computer Science, Institute Of Management Sciences, Hayat Abad Peshawar , Pakistan. Office : 92-091-9217404 , 9217452 Cell : 92-0333-9139461 -- Nayyar Ahmad Lecturer Faculty Of Computer Science, Institute Of Management Sciences, Hayat Abad Peshawar , Pakistan. Office : 92-091-9217404 , 9217452 Cell : 92-0333-9139461 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
