kdsu help for mounting ntfs

[aurelius]

Linux noob here.

I recently installed Kubuntu successfully. I have been practicing with the Konsole and have installed a few programs successfully.
I am trying to mount my ntfs partition. I completed the steps in a tutorial successfully :http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#H...s_to_read_only
However, when it get to kdesu command I get this:
root@user-desktop:~# kdesu gedit /etc/fstab
kdesu: cannot connect to X server
I am at a lose on what to do. Any help would be appreciated.

[kubicle]

Re: kdsu help for mounting ntfs

You have basically too options:

1. Edit with a terminal editor nano
root@user-desktop:~# nano /etc/fstab
(no need to sudo/kdesu as you are in a root terminal)

2. If you wish to use a GUI editor (gedit is the editor for gnome, use kate instead)
Switch back to user terminal (x-server doesn't accept connections from the root terminal) and run:

kdesu kate /etc/fstab

(alternatively you can press Alt+F2 in KDE and run the same command)

[aurelius]

Re: kdsu help for mounting ntfs

thanks kubicle. I used your instructions and know I can at least view my ntfs drive in Konsole along with it's directories, but only in Konsole. Now if I could just figure out how to copy some of those directories (or folders) to my Kubuntu drive, I would realy be in business.

[aurelius]

Re: kdsu help for mounting ntfs

Scratch that last post, I can view my ntfs drive in Konqueror and I have sucessfully copied a ntfs folder to one of my linux directories. So all is good. Thanks for the help.