"Administrator Mode"

[g0nk]

Greetings,

Kubuntu 5.10 is my first 'real' try at linux and KDE, I've installed various linux distros in the past, but always fell back on windows.. anyways, that's off the point..

I am trying to setup the wireless network card in my system (Intel 2200? internal WiFi on a Dell Inspiron 8600) with Kubuntu 5.10, and it seems that I either have a setting wrong somewhere. When I try to set a setting, and click the 'Administrator Mode' button (not only in the network settings, but anywhere that button is required to edit a configuration), KDE changes the border of the current window to red, like it's loading, but then goes right back to the config screen with everything grey'd out.

I installed Ubuntu before Kubuntu and the network card worked fine, with a little configuring. But, I decided I wanted to work with KDE and Kubuntu instead, so I setup Kubuntu instead. And now I can't seem to change any settings that need Administraor rights.

I tried loggin in as root, but it denies me everytime, and there seems to not be a root password with Kubuntu as said in the FAQ.

I'm at a stand still, and would appreciate som help. Thanks!

[markr]

Re: "Administrator Mode"


Couple of things.

1. I believe there is a bug in the 'adminstator mode' where it does not actually give you admin rights. I'm assuming this will be fixed in later versions of KDE (You might want to update KDE to 3.5 Beta2).

If you need admin mode, try issuing "sudo kcontrol" - this will launch the control panel with root access. Same goes for any command prefixed with sudo.

2. Kubuntu does not really use superuser (root). To get root priviledges at the command line, prefix the command with sudo.

e.g.

vi my.doc - This will open the file as the user you are logged in as
sudo vi my.doc - This will open the file with root permissions.

The password for sudo is the same as the password for the user you originally created when installing kubuntu.

Hope this helps.

ps. The lack of a root user is a security feature of the installation.

pps. If you want to issue many sudo commands, when at the command line issue "sudo -s" ; this will open up the console as effectively root.

[g0nk]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Couple of things.

1. I believe there is a bug in the 'adminstator mode' where it does not actually give you admin rights. I'm assuming this will be fixed in later versions of KDE (You might want to update KDE to 3.5 Beta2).

If you need admin mode, try issuing "sudo kcontrol" - this will launch the control panel with root access. Same goes for any command prefixed with sudo.

2. Kubuntu does not really use superuser (root). To get root priviledges at the command line, prefix the command with sudo.

e.g.

vi my.doc - This will open the file as the user you are logged in as
sudo vi my.doc - This will open the file with root permissions.

The password for sudo is the same as the password for the user you originally created when installing kubuntu.

Hope this helps.

ps. The lack of a root user is a security feature of the installation.

pps. If you want to issue many sudo commands, when at the command line issue "sudo -s" ; this will open up the console as effectively root.

Ok, I will try this out, I've been searching the forums here and this seems to be the accepted fix.. besides also using "~$ kdesu kcontrol"

only other question i have is, do i run the sudo or kdesu command in a terminal window or somewhere else?

[markr]

Re: "Administrator Mode"


Run it from the command line (Kconsole)

[Patrick]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

I don't think the bug is fixed in KDE 3.5 Beta 2 because I just tested it... and it doesn't work here...

http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8681

[whoiam55]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Run it from the command line (Kconsole)

I guess you mean konsole

[g0nk]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Ok, I used kdesu to load up kcontrol and it works to bring up the app. But now, it seems that Kubuntu itself cannot enable my wireless card.

I have eth0 as my internal wired netowrk card, that's built into the laptop, and eth1 is my wireless card (in a miniPCI slot - Intel B/G 2200 WiFi card)

I can click on the listing in Network Interfaces, and then click Enable Interface, and it activates for about a second and then goes back to "Disabled Wireless Ethernet Device" Same thing happens if I try to enable the internal network card on eth0.

I'm sorta lost here now.. should I be enabling something else elsewhere before I do this?

[g0nk]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Ok, I used kdesu to load up kcontrol and it works to bring up the app. But now, it seems that Kubuntu itself cannot enable my wireless card.

I have eth0 as my internal wired netowrk card, that's built into the laptop, and eth1 is my wireless card (in a miniPCI slot - Intel B/G 2200 WiFi card)

I can click on the listing in Network Interfaces, and then click Enable Interface, and it activates for about a second and then goes back to "Disabled Wireless Ethernet Device" Same thing happens if I try to enable the internal network card on eth0.

I'm sorta lost here now.. should I be enabling something else elsewhere before I do this?

Ok, also, any changes I make in kcontrol dont seem to be applied at all when I hit apply, or quit the app... hmm...

[Patrick]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Yes it's a bug with kdesu: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8681

[g0nk]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Ok, thanks!

I tried something today, with a little help from the guys on IRC #kubuntu (thanks guys!) I reinstalled the latest Ubuntu and then used the Kubuntu 5.10 CD to install the KDE packages, and am running KDE now and it seems fine. I can get to Administrator mode with everything and it applies the changes. Although I dunno if my WiFi card works yet (no WiFi here at the office) I will try it out once i get home..

Thanks for the help everyone, i'll keep ya posted..

[g0nk]

Re: "Administrator Mode"

Haha, funny story, I had my WiFi card turned off via hardware in the BIOS and didnt know it.. it all works fine now..