On Sunday 28 April 2019 14:47:34 Gene Heskett wrote: > I just installed a stretch testing from the LCNC folks, and must say, > and shout from the rooftops, a thank you for the new partitioner. > Absolutely spot on, exactly whats been needed for 20 years!!!
> Of course the network settings were lost at the initial reboot but > thats been intermittent ever since N-M was intro'ed, and a 15 minute > session with nano fixed all that. > Brought /etc/network/interfaces.d/setup up to date for static, and > updated the /etc/hosts file, restarted the network and its off to the > races. > > Just one problem. I do all the admin stuff from the only comfy office > chair on the premises via an ssh -Y login as 1st user to all of the > machines here, my 84 yo back does not enjoy standing up in awkward > stances to do the admin stuff like running synaptic as all these > machines have a machine to run, with monitors, keyboards and mice > whereever they won't fall and break hitting a concrete floor. But I > find that something in the pam dept is locking me out. And gksudo, > which does it for my one jessie install, is apparently no more. > > So how do I fix this? Its a showstopper for me. > Got that solved, gksu , which includes gksudo, wasn't installed. Things are looking better all the time. Thanks people, I finally think stretch is a winner. Whats the next LTS? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
