05-04-2014, 05:42 PM
@South_Oz,
I've never used MythTV, so not sure of procedure to set it up. Even though this sounds stupid and is unlikely to be the problem, I have to point it because it happens on occasion. Be sure that the "Caps Lock" key is not activated -- since you can't see what is typed when entering password, it will fail if "Caps Lock" is on.
Other than above, since you mentioned solving it before using su, just open a terminal and do this:
Be very careful now, because you just logged in as the root user. From this point forward all commands you type in are as root, so if you make a mistake you could end up destroying something. While operating as root, you do not begin commands with sudo -- just enter them without sudo in the beginning. (For example, instead of "sudo useradd" you would just type "useradd".) The location in the file system that you start out in after typing that is "/root", which may or may not have any files located within it. (Just pointing that out so you know where you are.)
Go ahead and carefully carry out commands you need to do, then type "exit" when done. That will bring you back to the terminal as your normal user.
P.s. If unsure how to add a user to a group, use this search engine to find instructions: Linux Beginner Search Engine.
I've never used MythTV, so not sure of procedure to set it up. Even though this sounds stupid and is unlikely to be the problem, I have to point it because it happens on occasion. Be sure that the "Caps Lock" key is not activated -- since you can't see what is typed when entering password, it will fail if "Caps Lock" is on.
Other than above, since you mentioned solving it before using su, just open a terminal and do this:
Code:
su -Be very careful now, because you just logged in as the root user. From this point forward all commands you type in are as root, so if you make a mistake you could end up destroying something. While operating as root, you do not begin commands with sudo -- just enter them without sudo in the beginning. (For example, instead of "sudo useradd" you would just type "useradd".) The location in the file system that you start out in after typing that is "/root", which may or may not have any files located within it. (Just pointing that out so you know where you are.)
Go ahead and carefully carry out commands you need to do, then type "exit" when done. That will bring you back to the terminal as your normal user.
P.s. If unsure how to add a user to a group, use this search engine to find instructions: Linux Beginner Search Engine.
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