Re: can't get Iceweasel to work on my laptop
As 'root' you can give all the commands, which are available. You can of course use 'sudo', if you want. If you don't know 'root' password I think you better to reinstall the whole system. -hv
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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 4:27 PM EEST Roshan George wrote:
>Even if you know the root password, if you aren't in the sudoes list,
>you can't do anything. Do as in the tutorial I mentioned above to add
>you to the sudoers file. You can get the tutorial at
>http://roshgorg.co.cc/mozilla-collusion-to-know-how-you-are-being-tracked/
>
>
>
>On 4/2/12, Hannu Virtanen <hannu_markus_virtanen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ii think that you need to get root password.
>> You maybe better to reinstall the whole thing... debian cds are very cheap.
>> -hv
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>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 12:54 AM EEST tina braxton wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Thank you for all your ideas. I have now tried all the suggestions for
>> sudo. Result is "permission denied"
>> >
>> >Tried visudo. It said something about "You have probably been given the
>> usual lecture about ..." Then it let me give myself a password. I thought
>> this would be a root password, so I tried it out by attempting to correct
>> the clock, which is not set for my timezone. It did not work-it said the
>> password was invalid.
>> >
>> >I also tried the command starting with "dig>". This was an unrecognizable
>> command.
>> >
>> >Command starting with "cat" was also unrecognizable
>> >
>> >
>> >In answer to the question about what my laptop uses to connect to the
>> internet, it uses Network Manager.
>> >
>> >Somebody said he has an old laptop, perhaps a vintage like mine, and it
>> does not support wlan networks. I suspect that might be what I have at
>> home.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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