Showing posts with label debian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label debian. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2012

gjig errors revealing

Jai Srila Prabhupada

When I tried running gjig as root, I learned a few things about running graphical programs as root. The method of using 'su' to become root is only relevant if the program is non-graphical (doesn't use X11). The right way is to use gksu.

Om namo bhagavate sridharaya

Monday, February 6, 2012

Switching to a pseudo-terminal in Debian

Ctrl+Alt+F, where n >= 1 AND n <=8. Usually Gnome desktop runs at n=8 (tty8)

Om namo shridaraya