Bizarre root password issue

[drorme]

Root password problem. My root password works in terminal mode (e.g., when I type "su"), but in KDE (Knoppix 5) gui mode it says the password is incorrect. It originally worked for me, but when i recently attempted to update my packages with Synaptics Package Manager, it rejected the password. As a caveat, this happened soon after I cleared my internet cache and saved cookies, passwords. I am getting better at working on things through the terminal, but I prefer the Synaptics gui. I also changed my root password and still have the problem... works in terminal, not in gui....
Thanks in advance.

[drorme]

I could use any help you all have with this. Now my root password works everywhere EXCEPT in the Synaptics package manager...
Any suggestions?

[techieMoe]

So you're saying you can log in as root from the command line or up your privileges with su -, but when the root password prompt comes up for Synaptic it gives you an incorrect password error? Have you tried launching synaptic from the command line while logged in as root?

[drorme]

I can get to root with my password from the terminal prompt... I can even get to it from the KPackage screen... I just hate how KPackage works and am more familiar with synaptic. I have experimented with apt-get and am getting better at it... (still a newbie and a little to dependent on gui).
from the Shell I have tried to get to Synaptic once before, but it didn't work... it may be that I typed the wrong command string.

thanks in advance.

[devils casper]

correct command is 'synaptic'. as already suggested by techieMoe, get root privileges through su - and execute 'synaptic' command in shell.



casper

[drorme]

Here is what I got...

root@HAL:/home/sorme# synaptic
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

help?

[techieMoe]

Open up a terminal window and type this as a regular user:

xhost+

Then log in as root and try running synaptic.

[drorme]

Sorry about this...
Here is the latest:

sorme@HAL:~$ xhost+
bash: xhost+: command not found

I tried to apt-get it and nothing was found to install.

[techieMoe]

Sorry about this...
Here is the latest:

sorme@HAL:~$ xhost+
bash: xhost+: command not found

I tried to apt-get it and nothing was found to install.

Oh, sorry. Typo. That should be two commands: xhost + with a space in between.

[drorme]

Okay,
for the hell of it, I went into Xterm instead of Konsole...
I typed in "Synaptic" and it came up fine without priveleges (due to lack of root). So, then I got root privileges and here is what happened:


root@HAL:/home/sorme# synaptic
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified


(synaptic:10110): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:
root@HAL:/home/sorme#

ugh!