>su avg >returned " Password:" >which I put in, then it returned >"su: Authentication failure >Sorry" >The password I used is my root user password which I understand one has >to use to enable su >I may have a faulty installation, I don't know, but for now, it's ok. >I have so much configuration to do that this minor glitch can't be a >priority. The update was successfully installed, >so I have the protection I need for now. It is to my understanding that the root account is disabled by default from logging in. This would be why "su avg" had an authentication failure. In place of su, I use sudo (must be in front of every command that needs to be run as root). Andrew <div>On 5/2/07, WJ Seidl <<a href="mailto:wjsvt@sover.net">wjsvt@sover.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Matt: Thank you. sudo avg returned "command not found" kdesu avg returned "X error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167 Major opcode: 144 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 X error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 167 Major opcode: 144 Minor opcode: 3 Resource id: 0x0 Failed to open device sh: avg: not found" su avg returned " Password:" which I put in, then it returned "su: Authentication failure Sorry" The password I used is my root user password which I understand one has to use to enable su I may have a faulty installation, I don't know, but for now, it's ok. I have so much configuration to do that this minor glitch can't be a priority. The update was successfully installed, so I have the protection I need for now. The AVG GUI works fine for scanning, it is just the "update" button in the GUI that keeps denying me permission to update. Thanks again, Wayne > Subject: > Re: AVG antivirus update in Kubuntu > From: > Matthew Flaschen <<a href="mailto:matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu">matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu</a>> > Date: > Wed, 02 May 2007 11:38:14 -0400 > To: > Kubuntu Help and User Discussions < <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> > > To: > Kubuntu Help and User Discussions <<a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com </a>> > > > WJ Seidl wrote: >> Thanks to all who responded to my problem. I managed >> to get the update by opening a terminal window and using the sudo >> avgupdate -o command >> as suggested. It still doesn't work in the GUI, but once I know (a lot) >> more about Linux > > As I said, you can run: > > sudo avg > > (or kdesu avg) > > and then you should be able to use the GUI. > > Matt Flaschen -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>