Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:44:09 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newb questions Message-ID: <49241829.9030607@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081119133506.GA87794@icarus.home.lan> References: <200811190816.37009.ale@pcartwright.com> <20081119133506.GA87794@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: > >> 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed >> gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? >> >> 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the >> answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? >> Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? >> > > I can't answer question #1. > > As for #2, you need to add your username to the "wheel" group in > /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the > changes to take effect) > > >> 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server >> on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for >> F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my >> ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to >> add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu? >> > > I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this. I've never > been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you. You can > use boot0cfg -v <disk> (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about > the boot0 configuration. > > >> maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the >> docs, which one? the handbook? >> > > Yes. > > Paul, Regarding question #1 just take a look at the FreeBSD Handbook, namely Chapter 5 "The X Window System" under section 5.7.1.2. Regards, Ricardo Jesus.
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