On Thu, 2022-09-29 at 14:52 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 03:09:13PM +0100, David wrote: > > I have loaded Debian 8 on to a 64 bit pc. > > > > Everything went well until I came to configure it, the local screen > > is > > blank, but if I SSH into the box it works. But I can only logon as > > a > > user. > > > > I need to be able to logon as root to make changes. I've tried > > sudu, > > but as the sudo program has not been loaded I cant. > > > > Can any body suggest how to logon as root. > > > > David. > > > > David, > > Debian 8 is well beyond Debian support, reaching the end of LTS on > 30/6/2020. > > Wipe this: install Debian 11. Ideally, use the firmware .iso to > install to > help provide necessary firmware - https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ > unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/11.5.0+nonfree/amd64/iso- > cd/firmware-11.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > It may help us to help you further if you can outline what machine > this is for > and what you intend to use it for. > > All the very best, > > Andy Cater > The software I want to run is provided by Ubiquity as an NVR for their cameras, I have versions for Debian 7, 8 & 9.
This software also needs the Mongoo data base which is only available for Debian 8 & 11. Hence as I see it Debian 8 was my only choice. My other choice would be to re-flash the cameras and find an NVR to suit, but I haven't found anything suitable. Unless anybody can make a suggestion, my son-in-law also has the same issue. David.
