Just installed Slackware 12.1 - A few problems (lilo and sudo)

[tgblb]

Hey, I just installed Slackware 12.1, and I'm having a few problems.

The first one is with LILO, I edited /etc/lilo.conf and made it so it automatically booted the first OS (Since this is the only OS on the system), but when I boot up it still shows the lilo menu and waits 2 minutes (Or til I hit enter) to boot up.

I think this is the relevant part of the file.

# Wait until the timeout to boot (if commented out, boot the
# first entry immediately):
# prompt
# Timeout before the first entry boots.
# This is given in tenths of a second, so 600 for every minute:
# timeout = 1

The second problem is with sudo. I added my account to the sudoers list like I do most distros and it usually works fine, but everytime I try to use sudo using my account it says the command isn't found. (But on root it works fine)

Example:

bash-3.1$ sudo slapt-get --help
Password:
sudo: slapt-get: command not found

But as root:

root@desktop:~# slapt-get --help
slapt-get - Jason Woodward <woodwardj at jaos dot org>
An implementation of the Debian APT system to Slackware
Usage:
slapt-get [option(s)] [target]
(etc...)

If anyone could help me with these problems (Or even 1 or these 2), it would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[meton_magis]

as root run

which slapt-get

then run the results of that command after your sudo. What is happening is that your slapt-get command is not in the path of your regular user. You can also just use
su - -c "slapt-get --help"

sudo is HIGHLY overated IMO. If your not in a buisness environment that needs the extra control / logging capability of sudo, su easily gets the job done.

[Freston]

As for lilo, you need to run `lilo` after editing /etc/lilo.conf for the changes to take effect.

[tgblb]

Ah, thanks meton_magis and Freston.

That pretty much covers it

[meton_magis]

your welcome