For security reasons root login has been disabled in Kubuntu/Ubuntu. Here are the quick steps to enable root access to KDE 1. Edit kdmrc file in /etc/kde4/kdm and change AllowRootLogin=false to AllowRootLogin=true Use the following command line option to achieve this: #sudo sed -i ‘s/AllowRootLogin=false/AllowRootLogin=true/g’ 2. Set password for root account and enable it. To [...]

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Kubuntu including a 10′ UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills.

Some of us find it easy to work as root access instead of sudo. To permanently enable root access to your Debian/Gnome desktops edit the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file. In [seurity] section Allow root by setting the value to True. Once you’re done with it, you need to reboot or just restart the gdm for the change [...]

While we tried adding our desktops to NIS + NFS servers, we needed an account on local system which will enable us to make further modifications to configuration during network failure. Hence we needed root access for Kubuntu systems. By default root access is disabled on Ubuntu and its variants. Also note one more thing [...]

Running applications while working with network applications in Ubuntu based distro’s has been bit tricky. You can find one such error reported here. (pidgin:6130): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_display_get_name: assertion `GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)’ failed To resolve this I had to configure KDM in Kubuntu to listen on the network to accept connections to run X. There were many [...]

I was wondering if I can download all different flavors of Ubuntu 8.10. It’s quite painful to download large files when BSNL starts drizzling with low speed bandwidth. Today when I reached home, I found my December copy of LFY (Linux for you) magazine on my desk. It comes with a bunch of Ubuntu 8.10 [...]