On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 04:22:55PM -0600, Hoyt Bailey said > Select terminal > Issue comand: sudo shutdown -r now > Password: root password Yes, you need to use your user password. "su" will let you switch to root with root's password. > Failed > Password: My password > Failed with message that I would be reported to me. Did you add the line to /etc/sudoers that I sent in an earlier mail? It won't work until you do. Here it is again if you missed it: rob ALL=(ALL) ALL Change rob to your username, of course... > Punched logout button on gnome start menu and went to GUI login > cntrl-alt-F1 > Text mode login This sounds right. > ? is it time to reinstall ? What for? Remember that all user settings are stored in ~/, which will not be touched by a reinstall anyway. If you think your gnome settings are toast, just move them out of the way (mkdir ~/junk ; mv ~/.gnome* ~/junk). -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: mindwar diwn New World Order NSA Echelon MILSATCOM BRLO
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