none DSL user errorForum: Other Help Topics Topic: none DSL user error started by: wowitsfast Posted by wowitsfast on April 13 2006,06:43
hello all im new to dsl ive been running linux for a few years. I just installed dsl to my 400 mghrz pII with 229 megs of ram with a 6 gig hard drive I love the speed of it I even tried it out on my laptop. Any ways I enabled the gnu tools part of it then tried to install more apps to it and i get this error "NONE DSL USER ERROR" every time I try to install apps games ect ect the same promt pops up any ideas any one? Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance every one.
Posted by mikshaw on April 13 2006,14:28
It's "non-dsl", meaning you are not user "dsl". The myDSL system was designed to work simply and easily in a liveCD, which is typically run as user dsl. The ability for a regular user to click and install an application package is somewhat unusual if you are accustomed to the traditional method of first logging in as root, but it is meant to be an easy and effective way to expand DSL. The actual installation of files is done as root, using the sudo command, but the user doesn't have to manually su. If you have a traditional debian-style hardrive install, and feel the need to be root or other user, apt-get and dpkg are available for installing deb packages.
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