Bender
05-28-2009, 11:10 PM
it's pissing me off to no end...
I installed it on my wife's machine. during install, I gave myself a name and password. then after install my wife set up her name and password.
Now, she can't run synaptic package manager... it asks for administrative password. She types in her pw... doesn't work. I type in mine, doesn't work. So I log her out, and log in myself, then synaptic works fine (my pw works when it asks for admin password). What a fucking hassle. Yeah, I know "linux is safer than windoze...". Still, a little usability would be nice.
So then I read about the getdeb method of installing sw. Under my wife's sign on, we went to getdeb.net and d/l songbird. When you double click the file after d/l, it asks for administrative permission AGAIN. Her pw doesn't work, mine doesn't work.
so I guess I have to log her out, then log in under my name... then how do I install the songbird package, which is in her area, not mine? It's a major fucking hassle. I thought ubuntu was supposed for noobs... can they make it any fucking harder to do a simple goddamn thing...?!
The distros I used to use (years ago), the package managers (apt, yum, rpm, urpmi, etc) worked fine.
questions:
I thought the root thing was disabled by default in ubuntu... so wtf is it asking us?
can I make my wife have permission to install stuff?
ok, that's that. Now on a side note, wife wants a program that works well with her ipod. will songbird do it? is there something better?
sorry for the rant, I'm sure most of this stuff is a user problem... ha ha...
Thanks in advance...
I installed it on my wife's machine. during install, I gave myself a name and password. then after install my wife set up her name and password.
Now, she can't run synaptic package manager... it asks for administrative password. She types in her pw... doesn't work. I type in mine, doesn't work. So I log her out, and log in myself, then synaptic works fine (my pw works when it asks for admin password). What a fucking hassle. Yeah, I know "linux is safer than windoze...". Still, a little usability would be nice.
So then I read about the getdeb method of installing sw. Under my wife's sign on, we went to getdeb.net and d/l songbird. When you double click the file after d/l, it asks for administrative permission AGAIN. Her pw doesn't work, mine doesn't work.
so I guess I have to log her out, then log in under my name... then how do I install the songbird package, which is in her area, not mine? It's a major fucking hassle. I thought ubuntu was supposed for noobs... can they make it any fucking harder to do a simple goddamn thing...?!
The distros I used to use (years ago), the package managers (apt, yum, rpm, urpmi, etc) worked fine.
questions:
I thought the root thing was disabled by default in ubuntu... so wtf is it asking us?
can I make my wife have permission to install stuff?
ok, that's that. Now on a side note, wife wants a program that works well with her ipod. will songbird do it? is there something better?
sorry for the rant, I'm sure most of this stuff is a user problem... ha ha...
Thanks in advance...