asus eeepc super user

[atckeith1022]

i finally got this computer working, figured out how to open a terminal tried installing driver update and it says i need super user privileges. i tried finding this in the help section and got no where, any idea how to get these prilages?

[oz]

Depending on how your machine is setup, it's usually going to be accomplished by entering either sudo, or su in a terminal:

sudo

or...

su

In both cases, you must enter the proper password when it's requested.

More on sudo vs root logins here:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ubu...in-ubuntu.html

More on both commands by checking the manual page for each:

man sudo

or...

man su

[atckeith1022]

is there pre st passwords that are generic?

[yancek]

I believe the asus eeepc comes with xandros as the Linux distribution. Take a look at the site below to see if anything looks familiar. Has lots of information on how to use it if this is the OS.

Eee PC Tips: A crash course in Linux

You might take a look at this page:

EeePC root password, what is it? | Zen of Linux

[atckeith1022]

thanks for the web site, i read the web site above and im trying to update adobe and it says to use .APT-get, well when i try to downnload it from adobe.com i gives me this error.

firefox doesnt know how to open this address because, the protocol(APT) isn't associated with any programs.

[rokytnji]

It will be

apt-get

not

Apt-get

go to the 6th post in this thread for upgrading flash player in Xandros

[QUOTE] I have updated the latest Adobe flashplayer 10.0r22 for my 1000H[/QUOTE]

Won't hurt to read the whole thread also.

[atckeith1022]

if you go to adobe.com and try to download it thats the message i get.

[rokytnji]

Edited my above post while you responded.

[atckeith1022]

where do i download these filles too, it says desktop but that is not one of my choices. i keep typing what it says and gives me errors that the file doesnt exist, i check splling, i double chck spelling same results.

[rokytnji]

My Documents Folder is where I would download it to when I had Xandros. Don't run it anymore though.