Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 14 October 2012 16:20:48 Wally Lepore wrote:
>> The link starts off by suggesting I log in as user and then enter the
>> following initial command.
>>
>> 1 | su root
>> 2 | gedit
>>
>> I went to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal (I assume this is
>> how to open a terminal) and was presented with terminal window that
>> said:
>>
>> myname@systemname:~$ (blinking cursor)
>>
>> Is this where I'm suppose to be at?
>
> Yes, and you don't need to say
> su root.
> Just
> su
> is enough.
> Debian by default does not allow booting into a GUI as root.
Ok, but now I'm back to square #1. How and where do I log-in as 'root'
on my newly installed Debian distro?
> But I prefer (mutatis mutandis, I use KDE3):
> alt-F2
> gksu gedit
> enter password when asked.
> ( I actually do: alt-F2, kdesu kwrite)
I'm lost ! I'm running the GNOME desktop.
Thank you Lisi
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