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General => Installation issues => Topic started by: elboy0712 on August 18, 2007, 02:48:10 am

Title: Ok latest issue.. NVIDIA driver(and anything else i want to do) needs Root, but!
Post by: elboy0712 on August 18, 2007, 02:48:10 am

I was never asked to set one that I remember (installed with DVD) and I am not sure how to deal with this.... hoe do I get into root in the console? or more to the point did i miss something ... I have looked but am not having much luck

Title: Re: Ok latest issue.. NVIDIA driver(and anything else i want to do) needs Root, but!
Post by: teedge77 on August 18, 2007, 02:50:09 am

i believe the username and password are both linuxmce and i dont know if the L is capitalized or not, sorry.

Title: Re: Ok latest issue.. NVIDIA driver(and anything else i want to do) needs Root, but!
Post by: cirion on August 18, 2007, 05:59:58 am

Yes, when installing from DVD the user/pass is linuxmce/linuxmce. To get into root console, open a console and write sudo -s and press enter.