Difference between revisions of "Ubuntu"

Revision as of 18:52, 10 January 2010

Shell commands

Enable root account (not recommended):

$sudo passwd root

Disable root account you lock root account:

$sudo passwd -l root

Want to use root @ console:

$sudo -i

Identify video card:

paul@congo:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] [10de:0611] (rev a2)

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-Command Line Commands
+<big>Shell commands</big>
+Enable root account (not recommended):
+<pre>$sudo passwd root</pre>
+Disable root account you lock root account:
+<pre>$sudo passwd -l root</pre>
+Want to use root @ console:
+<pre>$sudo -i</pre>
+Identify video card:
+<pre>paul@congo:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
+:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GT] [10de:0611] (rev a2)</pre>
 [[Ubuntu video card]]
-paul@orca:~$ lspci -nn | grep
+<center>[[Linux|To Linux]]</center>
-VGA01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device [1002:9588]