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No root terminal in Jaunty
I just upgraded to Jaunty from Intrepid on an old Dell Inspiron 2200. The root terminal is filled in with a reddish color and will not open. My work around has been to assign a root password, open a regular terminal and su to root if needed. Anybody got a fix? Initially opening the root terminal will prompt me for a password but after that it never starts. Thanks in advance.
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You couldn't just use "sudo" ?My work around has been to assign a root password, open a regular terminal and su to root if needed.
I have never used the root terminal, I always run a regular terminal and use sudo for any command I need...
I have Jaunty as well and I can't see where is that root terminal (in the menus)... maybe it is not installed?
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No need to set a root password.Originally Posted by punkybouy
sudo command
or
sudo su
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I, too, would like to use the root terminal again. I use a command which does not work with sudo. At least the gksu work around does work.
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What command is that? Perhaps you need to read this:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo
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I changed the root terminal command to gnome-terminal -e "sudo -i", which works. Root terminal not working in Jaunty is a known bug.
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