Thanks for the reply Anne. I have logged in and out, re-booted and everything else I can think of. I am beginning to come to the conclusion that I am dealing with a hardware problem and will need to try to resolve that. Thanks again. Roly On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 04:41, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 11 Dec 2002 2:08 pm, Roland Hughes wrote: > > Yes, I gave it a root password and can log in as root with red screen > > and all. What I can not do is install packages and change config files > > without getting a message to the effect that I do not have the rights to > > do it. > > > OK - totally dumb suggestion. From time to time I run into this problem, when > normally everything's OK. Logging out and back in seems to sort it. I guess > something's getting its knickers in a twist. It may have no connection with > your problem, but heck it can't hurt to try it <g> > > Anne > > ---- >
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