[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 13:20 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > Changing to root. Your password is probably for "sudo" operations, not > for becoming root itself. Does root even have a password? (/etc/passwd, > and /etc/shadow should tell you that). /etc/passwd has root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash and ends james:x:1000:1000:james kilty,,,:/home/james:/bin/bash > Debian, and I assume (perhaps rashly) Ubuntu, use group permissions for > CD devices, so that /dev/hda (CDRW) here is; /dev/cdrw seems to be empty. no /dev/hda. > I'm unclear if you are dual booting, and if these are independent > installed operating systems. If it affects two completely separate > installs on the same computer, then it seems likely it is hardware, or bios. Dual boot XP and ubuntu - at login I can change to kubuntu and keep it kubuntu every session (which is how I have been working) until I want to change session at reboot. > > If the installs share something, even a home directory, all bets are > off, since one or the other, may have done something the other doesn't > like. Only way to resolve that is see if you can clear it, if a shared > home directory, try a newer with no files, or possibly a live CD boot. No such sharing. No separate /home partition as yet. james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html