[cw-discuss] Ubuntu + CXO = Confusion :)

[Paul Cubbage]

It's Ubuntu, not CXO.

HowTo Login as Root to Ubuntu:

First, Go to gnome menu System-->Administration-->User and Groups
There search and select "root", click on "Properties" and change the password. 
There is a system generated random root password that you erase.  Set a new one 
of your choice.
Exit to the desktop.

Next, go to System --> Administration --> Login Screen Setup.
Click the "Security" tab and check "Allow root to login with GDM".
Exit to the desktop.

At that point you can launch Applications -->Accessories --> Terminal
When the term window comes up, su - root and use the password you set



Phil Stopford wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm largely lurking until Wine bug 2398 gets squashed, otherwise I'm
> stuck with CXO 3.x for my current purposes *sigh* That said, I did write
> my doctoral thesis using CXO 4.x and it never let me down and I keep a 
> current version of CXO installed.
> 
> Having moved away from SUSE due to its rather poor 10.1 release and the 
> rapid fall off in community interest for the superior 10.0 release, I 
> found myself installing Ubuntu's latest. It's pretty nice, but CXO seems 
> to have a lot of trouble with it:
> 
> 1) The Loki installer simply refuses to play ball because the home 
> directory is not owned by root. This seems related to the non-existence 
> of an active root account.
> 
> 2) Despite the Loki installer being the recommended option, I went ahead 
> and installed the debian package. No problems there, but no 
> configuration tool is shown at the end. Hmmm. Running :
> 
> sudo /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxsetup
> 
> gets nowhere because it cannot connect to the X server. Usually 'xhost 
> +localhost' and using 'su -' sorts this out, but no such luck here. I'd 
> like to set up managed multiple user mode, but there seems no way to do it.
> 
> Needless to say, I'm a little confused. Is MMU mode supported under 
> Ubuntu, or is CXO stuck with per-user configuration at the moment? 
> Calling /opt/cxoffice/bin/cxsetup as a regular user works just fine.
> 
> I couldn't come up with anything useful from a trawl around the 
> numerous, isolated pockets of information on the CW site (it really, 
> really needs a wiki to consolidate the various hints/tips/known issues)
> 
> 3) Having got per-user mode running (boo! this puts heavy load on disk 
> space and makes it much more difficult to update apps), I would have 
> liked to be able to install some IE-dependent apps in a Win2K bottle. 
> This doesn't seem to be supported because IE is installed into Win98 
> instead. This is confusing. I'm wondering which of the following is true :
> 
> - Can we install IE into bottles other than Win98, without everything 
> going pear shaped?
> - If not, is IE emulated somehow in these other bottles, or is there no 
> way to reconcile the IE-dependency for Win2K.
> 
> I am....confused. Documentation seems to be vague or non-existant. Help 
> :) This is what you get when I renew my subscription :b
> 
> Phil Stopford.
> 
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