On Wednesday 29 May 2013 22:57:55 Lisi Reisz wrote: > Putting this back on list where it belongs.
Patrick wrote: > On 5/28/2013 8:51 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 28 May 2013 14:41:16 staticsafe wrote: > >> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:19:36AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2013-05-27 at 22:37 -0500, Patrick wrote: > >>>> First I want to say: do not make comments/statements about running as > >>>> root, I am running Kali linux. > >>>> > >>>> Now that that is said, I have figured out that it has to do with > >>>> mysqld. it said something about security section of the manual. I > >>>> found this but still no luck. > >>> > >>> This is a list for Debian Linux. If we should help you, we at least > >>> need to know, what running an app as root or not as root, has to do > >>> with the choice of your Linux distribution Kali. > >>> > >>> If your Thunderbird for Windows NT allows to use plain text, than > >>> please don't use HTML. > >> > >> "Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack) is a Debian-based distribution > >> with a collection of security and forensics tools. It features timely > >> security updates, support for the ARM architecture, a choice of four > >> popular desktop environments, and seamless upgrades to newer versions." > >> > >> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=kali > > > > That still doesn't explain why you need to run Akonadi as root. > > > > Nor does it explain why you think that a Debian list can help you, since > > this > > > would appear to be a KDE/Kali problem. Try the KDE or Kali lists/fora. > > > > Lisi > > Kali is a modified Debian wheezy. It only has a root account. I finally > figured out a fix to my problem. I needed to edit a MySQL configuration > file in /etc/akonadi > However now my problem is with trying to upgrade to a kde version that > has kdepim 4.8+ so I can use DAV Groupware Resource for Google calendar. > I am messing with the Ubuntu raring repository to get 4.10 but I am > having issues with after KDM login it gives me a black screen with a > fully functional mouse, so for the past 12-14 hours I have been on TTY > console trying to get it to work... As I suggested before, why not ask on the Kali or KDE lists or fora? They might know the answer. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201305292300.44638.lisi.re...@gmail.com