Re: [gNewSense-users] graphics resolution

[Karl Goetz]

Bill McConnaughey wrote:
> In my first successful gnusense-1.0 installation the screen was in
> high-resolution mode during installation, and (I'm pretty sure) the Gnome
> screen was high-rez when I booted the finished disk.  The second time
> around (on a different hard drive), the installation screen and Gnome
> screen were 640x480 and no other choice was offered under
> System--Preferences--Screen Resolution.  And now when I boot the first
> hard drive I can only get 640x480.  This remains true after shutting down
> and connecting the Windows disk and booting that (it gets its normal
> high-rez screen).  Any ideas on what got changed?

was it the same pc? and was it the same install cd? same video card?
> On the root login issue, I found that the password that I gave for the 
> user account does work with the sudo command, but does not work to log in 
> a root session.  However, I did "sudo passwd root" from my user login, 
> changed the root password, and now can log in as root.

...

i dont get it... on first root login, you found you cant login as root 
with your password? :|

> This is all somewhat confusing, and it might be a good idea to make sure 
> sysadmins know that the user account that is set up at installation can 
> give root access.

Its only confusing if you dont get the concept of loging in as user and 
running sudo.
:)

>

kk

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Karl Goetz
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