On 19/10/13 01:35, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [10-18-13 10:03]:
Two (2) questions about 13.1 RC1 which I installed (clean install) on my wife's computer:
1. Where in blue-blazes does one find a USB stick when it is mounted in an USB port?! and Assuming KDE (you did not say), in the System_Tray there is a ?widget? called Device_Notifier which provides you with control and access to removable devices.
I have 13.1 RC1 installed on my system but I started with MS1 and dup-ed by stages to RC1. When *I* plug in an USB stick the Device Notifier pops up and I then have the choice of "doing things" to that USB - and I have to Open it with Dolphin in order to be able to access it and read its contents. When it is mounted by the use of Dolphin I can also go into a konsole, start mc and then find the USB in /media where I can then access the files and do "inexplicable things" to them. Note that the USB in this case shows up in /media. However, on my wife's computer while the Device Notifier shows up and I open the USB (a Corsair stick) I cannot see it anywhere when I start mc - the stick does not show up in /media nor anywhere else I looked. So where is it hiding?! BTW, in the System SEttings I have the right setting set for Removable Devices which are to display the USB when it is plugged in and to mount it.
2. How does one login as another user - as root for instance - when either (a) booting the system or (b) when one goes to Logout and then login as, say, root?! Boot to runlevel 3 and open a tty as root
From login screen presented after boot or <user> logout, select console.
Why would one boot to graphical root? If graphical root is needed, in your <user> initiated XSession, open an xterm instance and su to root or <alt><f2> and "kdesu <app-name>". Why would one boot to graphical root?
er, why would one boot to graphical root?
Because the USB is not displayed anywhere in mc I have to use Dolphin to copy files which are only accessible to root from the USB to /usr/share/ which is why I need to logout and login as root to be able to run Dolphin as root. In any case, it matters not if I want to login in as root or as another user - there is no option to login as another user when one selects Logout: one is presented with no choice of selecting another user to login as. The only way now that I can see what I need to do is to boot the system into level 3, login as root, manually mount the USB then use mc to do the copying of files from the USB stick to /usr/share/ . A heck of crap way of doing things when it works perfectlry in 12.3, 12.2 and even my 13.1RC1 which started off as MS1 :-( .
BTW, the installation was treated to a full update so all files/apps are up-to-date. Always a "Good Thing"(tm!) but not pertinent to the previous questions.
Very pertinent. Some people will inevitably ask if I had updated the system after it was installed "because this was fixed by an update". You know the usual putdown when nobody knows why this problem has arisen :-( . Well, I just jumped in first :-) . BC -- "If you read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking." - Haruki Murakami -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org