replies in line On Thursday 20 February 2003 04:35 pm, Buchan Milne wrote. > > Never seen a problem such as this, even with win4iln. well then I believe it is also the same the first time you start X-CD-Roast from the menu, (Kmenu. Application, Archiving, CD Burning, x-cd-roast) and it gives no clue as to any other way to start xcdroast other than an error box with an OK button that says "No root configuration or not readable! The superuser must start and configure X-CD-Roast first, before other users can use it. I contend the in the past, a newbie could (and would) log out, login as root > > > NOT > > However, perhaps, since I am just a troll, and you are a well respected > > developer, it would care more weight if you were to write to the fine > > folks > > > who developed Crossover and tell them. but since YOU suggest telling > > the fine > > > folks that sold me the software > > I am not a customer, I have not paid money for Crossover. Money usually > speaks better than words, and if for example there is not Mandrake > kernel for win4lin (which I have paid for), you can be sure I will write > to NeTraverse. > > , and since I bought it as part of a > > > MandrakeSoft produced set of PowerPack disks, I figured the best way > > to tell > > > the folks I might buy the next PowerPack from before they take someone > > else's > > > advice and sell me something I can not use > > AFAIK you only get an evaluation copy of Crossover on the Powerpack, but > see below ... yep that is correct, so the only folks that _sold_ me any software was the folks I gave money to for the powerpack.
> >.... gee I was sure this was the > > place to tell "whoever sells you this software, and ask them to have > > it run > > > via kdesu or something like that. In fact, that was what I was doing. > > If it is a Mandrake package, mail the packager listed in the changelog > (it would be nice to have commercial RPMS also available in Bugzilla). > > But I still do not see how this is an mdkkdm bug. well the change in mdkkdm (not having a text box for user name) is what made these other programs have a problem. In relatioon to a a new users eyes, they were not broken until mdkkdm fixed them. > <sarcasm>What about msec, which would also prevent you from logging in > as root? Maybe you should file a bug there too??</sarcasm>. > > Buchan Msec did do what we are talking about (previously), it just depended on the level of security chosen. as I understand it (and please correct me if I am mistaken) currently there is no way to type in a user name (root) if it is not one of the displayed names (and a screenshot might be a good thing for trolls like myself to get a clearer picture) perhaps this to (the current complaint as I understand it) is a function of the level of msec security chosen? et
