newb questions

[Ricardo Jesus]

Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>   
>> 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed 
>> gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that?
>>
>> 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the 
>> answer, or I didn't read  it right. How can I su to root from my account?
>> Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh?
>>     
>
> I can't answer question #1.
>
> As for #2, you need to add your username to the "wheel" group in
> /etc/group.  That's all.  (You will have to log out then back in for the
> changes to take effect)
>
>   
>> 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server 
>> on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for 
>> F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my 
>> ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to 
>> add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu?
>>     
>
> I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this.  I've never
> been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you.  You can
> use boot0cfg -v <disk> (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about
> the boot0 configuration.
>
>   
>> maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the 
>> docs, which one? the handbook?
>>     
>
> Yes.
>
>   
Paul,

Regarding question #1 just take a look at the FreeBSD Handbook, namely 
Chapter 5 "The X Window System" under section 5.7.1.2.

Regards,
Ricardo Jesus.