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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,16:24 QUOTE
Hello there,

First of all may i say that DSL is an excellent distribution of linux which comes in hand to users such as myself who do not have power processors.

However i am experiencing problems logging in. I am running DSL as a virtual machine and i have not had any login boxes so that i can log in as ROOT. I KNOW THAT THE PASSWORD IS SUDO SU.
But how do i log in???

Thanks!
adz
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Posted: Dec. 31 2006,16:59 QUOTE
The password is not "sudo su". This is simply a way to become root if you are already logged in as user dsl.

If you want to have a true login you will need to create passwords and set up your system as multiuser (modifying /etc/inittab and .bash_profile).

If you simply want to start DSL as root, use the boot option "dsl 2"

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Posted: Jan. 01 2007,00:52 QUOTE
You haven't seen any log in boxes because there aren't any. Neither user dsl or root have passwords.

When you boot up DSL, you are automatically logged in as user dsl. To become root, open an aterm and run the following command:
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sudo su
. You are now root. To not be root in this terminal anymore, type:
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exit
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Posted: Jan. 02 2007,06:16 QUOTE
Quote (adz_619 @ Dec. 31 2006,11:24)
Hello there,

First of all may i say that DSL is an excellent distribution of linux which comes in hand to users such as myself who do not have power processors.

However i am experiencing problems logging in. I am running DSL as a virtual machine and i have not had any login boxes so that i can log in as ROOT. I KNOW THAT THE PASSWORD IS SUDO SU.
But how do i log in???

Thanks!
adz

Happy new year to all................

Hey man if you can change da password simply by first opening a virtual terminal in your gui and den running da "passwd" command and den giving it da new password.... You must boot in runlevel 5 for dis first. Dat sudo thing is just to give you admins privileges for some time. better way is to do as i have told ...... Just let me know if you still have got prblm......
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Posted: Jan. 31 2007,17:31 QUOTE
I am a newbie to linux and have been trying various live cd distros.  I have been unable to boot from DSL 3.2 iso, getting "giving up":  xinit:  no such file...(errno2)... and xinit:  no such process...(errno3)...  dsl@ tty1[dsl]? blinking cursor.  Have amd athlon 64 3000+.  Any suggestions are appreciated.
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