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[J Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

sfreilly@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> first time this has happened to me in the 4 yrs ive been using linux....new install of 10.2 on an acer 5100, unfortunately has an ati radeon 1100 chipset, any clue here?
> 
> 
> steve@reilly:~> cd ~/Desktop
> steve@reilly:~/Desktop> su
> Password: 
> reilly:/home/steve/Desktop # ./ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run
> bash: ./ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run: Permission denied
> reilly:/home/steve/Desktop # 

Hmm, why not get root's environment? I'd do it like this:

su -
<enter root password>
sh ~steve/Desktop/ati-driver-installer-8.32.5-x86.x86_64.run

Joe
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