New user questions

[Alex Mandel]

Gary Hodges wrote:
> New to Ubuntu, actually Kubuntu, and have a couple/few questions.
> 
> 1.  I'm trying to install IDL and I think my problem is I need a full 
> root window, not sudo.  I've executed sudo -i which looks like what I 
> want, but the IDL installer wants to open a GUI and that fails.  In the 
> past with Sarge I've always used sux.  I see on the Wiki that kdesu 
> {GUIAPP} is suggested, but when I try that nothing happens.
> 
If you look carefully at the menus, well maybe not in breezy but you can 
add it to the gnome panel - you can get a root terminal.
Also you can do
$ sudo su
that will give you a root terminal.

> 2.  When I open Firefox I get a nastygram complaining that 
> ubuntu-artwork is not found.  I installed that package, along with the 
> kde artwork packages but I still get the error.  ubuntu-artwork is not 
> in the path listed in the nastygram.

ya I started getting that too, then upgraded to breezy and it went away.
I'd say just change your homepage, it's really trivial.
> 
> 3.  Well, those are the first two issues off the top of my head.
> 
> Gary
> 

-Alex