Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-25 Thread lorne
On Wednesday 24 September 2003 08:08 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 2:45 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: I am using Gnome as my desktop. The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager super user mode..It

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-25 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:01 pm, many eyes noted that Anne Wilson wrote: A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for now. I'm puzzled about his current problem. Obviously a permissions problem, but I don't know

[expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Anne Wilson
A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for now. I'm puzzled about his current problem. Obviously a permissions problem, but I don't know what questions to ask. Help, anyone? Anne -- Forwarded

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:01, Anne Wilson wrote: A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for now. I'm puzzled about his current problem. Obviously a permissions problem, but I don't know what questions to

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 9:59 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:01, Anne Wilson wrote: A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for now. I'm puzzled about his current problem.

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Anne Wilson schrieb am Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:53:42 +0100: James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root password. Would this happen if he hadn't created any users? Could that be the real problem? It's trying to know what to ask him that's my problem. That was the

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Miark
Anne, Here are some questions that come to mind: * Who did he log in as? root or a user? * Did he set a root password during install? * The program refers to gtcam or Gnome? * Is he sure gtcam is installed? * What directory was he looking in? * What file manager was he using? * What view was he

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 1:25 pm, Miark wrote: Anne, Here are some questions that come to mind: * Who did he log in as? root or a user? * Did he set a root password during install? * The program refers to gtcam or Gnome? * Is he sure gtcam is installed? * What directory was he looking in?

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Douglas Bainbridge
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: I am using Gnome as my desktop. The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager super user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, snip James, I'm puzzled why FileManager SUMode didn't ask for the root password.

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 2:45 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:53, Anne Wilson wrote: I am using Gnome as my desktop. The program says I do not own it, so I found file manager super user mode..It did not ask me for my root password, snip James, I'm

Re: [expert] Fwd: arrrgghhh

2003-09-24 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 04:53, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 9:59 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:01, Anne Wilson wrote: A newbie has contacted me for help. So far he has not managed to get himself onto the mailing lists, so I'm all he has got for now.