On Thu, 11 May 2000, hermit wrote about, conf.module & root problem:
> Thanks to Ray and Lawson for their input into the problem I have been
> having with root. It seems that if I am in a terminal window and type
> *su* which chnages me to root, I still cannot make changes or add lines to
Simply typing su is not enought, you need to type the root passwd otherwise
you will get the return;
"Sorry." and you will still be who you were before typing 'su'.
> the conf.modles file. I got to thinking that perhaps logging off
> completely, then logging on as root might help. Well, it did. Seems that
> I can make the usual changes, additions when I log in as root, but not
> from a terminal window. Don't know why, but at least I added the:
>
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>
> line to the conf.modules file. Went to printtool and all went fine.
> Tried several printers to emulate my HP DeskJet 820Cse, tried the print
> test, and couldn't get any to work. Anyone have any suggestions which
> printers to try?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
--
Regards Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
