Ubuntu server trouble

[Nathan Herholdt]

Hi again,

When I try to login as root or su it says I have an authentication problem. Therefore I cannot enter the stage to add the GUI. Could someone give me step by step pointers to install.

Thanks
Nathan
VK67DNA

----- Original Message ----
From: Simon Wong <simon at dt.net.au>
To: Junin Toiro <junin.toiro at gmail.com>
Cc: Nathan Herholdt <zs1nat at yahoo.co.uk>; ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 9:50:56 AM
Subject: Re: Ubuntu server trouble


On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 01:02 +1030, Junin Toiro wrote:
> sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

I always like to use aptitude instead of apt-get.

The main reason is that it logs all package changes (well, the
intentions anyway) in /var/log/aptitude.  This is good for retracing
your steps when something goes awry.

It also gives you a nice GUI, albeit a text one for searching for
packages, reading descriptions and changelogs etc.

Good luck!

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