On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 07:58:34AM -0500, Kent West wrote: > David Fokkema wrote: > > >Hi John, > > > >On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 11:19:58PM +0100, JOHN WALL wrote: > > > > > >>Thanks for your help, I booted up and was asked for the > >>user name and password, this I gave and then typed in > >>tasksel, I chose X window and desk top environment and > >>chose finish and got this report on screen. > >>E:could not open lock file/var/lib/dpkg/lock-open(13 Permission) > >>E:unable to lock the administration directory(/var/lib/dpkg/) > >>are you root > >>I tried answering yes or Y to the question and the right hand > >>side of the screen filled from top to botom with the letter Y. > >>Any Ideas please ? > >> > >> > > > >Since you didn't log in as root > > > That's the problem. Just log out, and log back in as root. Then try > "tasksel".
Another problem is that the OP claims he was never asked for a root password. Even if he was, he probably can't be sure now what he entered then. David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
