<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">'Forum Post</b> <<a href="mailto:ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org">ulist@gs1.ubuntuforums.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:<br><br>><br><br>> > I did found the grub list, but since there is no root account you<br><br>> > can't edit it<br><br>> <alt><f2><br><br>> gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
<br><br>><br><br>I too have this problem but when i did this what i opened was a blank<br>document.. decided to take the long way to see what happens and the<br>following msg apeared before opening again a blank document:
<br><br>(gedit:8839): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:<br><br>Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols<br>specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
<br><br>Dont know what to do next... Help?<br><br><br>--<br>Grave<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">
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I don't usualy use graphical tools like gedit for quick fixes like
this. Sometimes they struggle. I would just do this.<br>
<br>
cd /boot/grub<br>
ls
To make sure you are in the right directory.<br>
sudo nano menu.lst This
is a pico clone if you've ever used pico/pine. It's easy to use.<br>
<br>
<br>
--andy<br>