To run a GUI app as root on Knoppix, open a shell do 'su - root', and then run the app from the command line: 'gedit', etc. You can find the name of the command in the menu by using the menu editor.
Knoppix is locked down to keep people from inadvertently destroying their data. You have to explicitly do commands that could destroy data. I realize it is a headache, but I think the tradeoff between power and newbie-proofing is worth it in order to provide a bootable Linux CD that is fairly safe to give to newbies. John Hebert -----Original Message----- From: Brad N Bendily To: '[email protected]' Sent: 9/2/03 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] knoppix rocks > try this. I am not sure it would work. I can login as root, actually when you do a su - root it automatically switches to root with no password prompt. But the problem is getting the GUI display to show on the knoppix users display. BB _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
