Messed it up already

[Dan Willson]

On Friday, April 4, 2003 at 2:29 PM CST,
Nate Birkholz <birkholz@visi.com> wrote:
<snip>
If I use "sudo", the password is not accepted because I have not
been set up as a root user ....
and the root password I specified at installation is useless at the
command line. Of course, I cannot add nate to the sudoers file of
course because it is write protected.
</snip>

Instead of sudo, use su in this situation ... it will ask for the root
password and then it will transform you into the root user until you
type "exit" and then you'll be returned to your regular user account.

I have a Wallstreet G3/266 with the 14.1" display and XFree 4.2.0
has me in the same predicament (I want 1024x768 at millions of
colors, but I can't find any useful tips that resolve the situation.

Dan Willson
ponyboy@uab.edu