Quote Originally Posted by fenzda View Post
Hello all. I installed knoppix 6.2(DVD) onto a hard drive.
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Another wierd thing was I don't have adminstrative priveleges to everything. Why the heck
not?

Also, with 5.2 I was able to find my windows printer on a another pc. CUPS seems to be a hassle now. And I had a config file and could setup my own swap file. I thought newer versions were supposed to be better? At least wireless is no longer a hassle. Done with my rants ...
I suggest you upgrade to 6.4.4 or 6.7.0, as printer setup. among other things has got a makeover to make things simpler for the end user. It worked for me, full functionality, in 6.2.1 too, but much harder to use.

If you can't get superuser privileges with su/sudo, something is very wrong with your copy. Swapfile use has always worked perfectly for me as superuser.

Beware that quite a few problems have surfaced and then gone away again through the various releases, most of them Linux/X/Debian-related, not Knoppix-specific. Knoppix now is very close to standard Debian, package-wise.