superuser privelege problems.

[steven vollom]

On Sunday 07 June 2009 05:18:06 pm Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Willy K. Hamra wrote:
> > as for the above, are meaningless, not sure what is intended here, or
> > why did you add them, i want to see your complete sources.list.
> > secondly, sources.list.d and apt.conf.d are perfectly normal to be
> > there, don't edit them, don't do anything with them
> > thirdly, we had a very long discussion steven about sudo and kdesudo
> > only few days ago. sudo is for console application, you can't use in
> > alt+f2!!! it needs a console to ask for the password. you use kdesudo.
>
> Steven,
> this mess comes from NOT reading and understanding what you have red on
> the wine ubuntu download pages.
>
> To rectify:
>
> open konsole
> type:
> kdesudo kate /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> Then COMPLETELY delete line 55
>
> Then save the file and close kate
>
> Then on the konsole command line, type:
>
> sudo apt-get update
> in case this runs ok,
> type next:
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> in case you get more errors, just paste them here.

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Kubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 
(20090420.1)/dists/jaunty/main/binary-i386/Packages  Please use apt-cdrom to 
make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new 
CD-ROMs                                                                                               

W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Kubuntu 9.04 _Jaunty Jackalope_ - Release i386 
(20090420.1)/dists/jaunty/restricted/binary-i386/Packages  Please use apt-
cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to 
add new CD-ROMs                                                                                         

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones 
used instead.

>
> I hope this helps to solve the problem and
> to make you aware that reading is not understanding, it is just the
> first step to understanding.
>
> You will need to read at least three times to get a rough understanding
> of a complex linux page. At least this is what the rute tutorial claims
> to be necessairy.
>
> Personally, I freely admit that three times of reading are not
> sufficient for myself, most of the time.
>
>
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
Thanks Eberhard.  It fixed the problem.  I wanted to delete that line, myself.  
I was just afraid what might happen if I did it and it was wrong.  What baffles 
me is that just before you gave me the instruction to type in kdesudo kate, I 
had just tried that, but I did not type in the address you did.  I thought it 
would open kate at least.  I was wondering how I would be able to edit a page 
that required kdesudo if kdesudo wouldn't open kate.  I am the reason you need 
vacations.  Sorry, friend.  I tried to get through the wine installation 
without bothering the list.  I went to every post that related to 
installation.  

Believe it or not, this old box has /home, /home/backup, /home/svprivate and 
'/' for its mount points.  That is a first, ever.  Thanks once again.

Steven