New to LM: Some problems after install!

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Post by Boo »

welcome to Mint my Fifth Element friend.

1. I never trust suspend or the like. looks like you found the best solution currently around.
2. what the!
3. I expect it is a video driver issue.


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Post by Boo »

sudo asks for your password in the terminal.
you can use sudo to start CLI command/apps and GUI apps as root.

gksu asks for your password in a GUI window and is best for starting GUI applications as root.

so gksu is best used in startup scripts for GUI applications.

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Post by Jives »

To use sudo without having it prompt for password, edit yout /etc/sudoers file using this command:

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sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers
find where it says "root", and and add on the next line:

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username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
Substituting "username" for your username.
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NO NO NO!
The solution above removes the use of password for you at all times - this means you are as wide open for abuse as a Windows user!
I thought of removing the text as it is dangerous to use but it can easily be found on the net
NEVER EVER DO THIS!!
You could make a script that has this command for the specific task, much better :)
The odd error message is something that "goes on" in Bianca KDE for some reason - but never mind
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