Re: [orca-list] more progress

[Mike Gorse <mgorse mgorse dhs org>]

Hi Mohammed,

The file is called autogen.sh, so you need to run ./autogen.sh or the 
shell will look for a file simply called autogen.

You cannot use su to become root in Ubuntu's default configuration.  See 
http://www.debuntu.org/2006/04/24/34-ubuntu-default-root-password-or-the-sudh-way 
(the link seems to be down, though, although it was up a few days ago). 
You can, however, use sudo to issue commands as root (ie, sudo make 
install to run "make install" as root), giving the password you selected 
at installation.  You can run any command using sudo, including "sudo 
bash" to get a bash shell as root or "sudo passwd" to give root a password 
so that you can use su or login as root.

Hth,

-- Mike Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.freeshell.org --

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Mohammed Al-shar' wrote:

> hi listers.
>
> I have achieved more progress with my new feisty installation. I managed to build the invironment and got the 
> latest orca source by issuing svn co http://svn.gnome.org/svn/orca/trunk
> now I want to install it. I tried to issue ./autogen --prefix=/usr but it said no file or directory. I tried to become root by 
> "su - root" it asked me for my password and when I put the pass I configured while installing it said "sorry, 
> authontication failed".
>
> where to go from here. ideas?
>
> thank you all.
> mohammed al-shar'