Xeon3D

I've got an old GeForce 2 MX400 working perfectly (OpenGL and such) in Ubuntu The reason it doesn't create a root password (the user is there, but it's disable by nature) is because having a root password is a potential security breach. Using root for non-need-to-use-root tasks is what most people do (as most of them use Administrator-powered accounts for day-to-day Windows use.). As ubuntu is intended for everyone and still be secure, the root account is disabled by default. But remember, it is Linux afterall (and linux has the known ability that everything is changeable, as long as you know how to do it), so there is a way (a very simple one I might add) to turn the root account on. Get into a Terminal and do a sudo passwd root. It'll ask you for the password you want to use for root and unlock it. You can also unlock the ability to login as root from the GDM. (I don't remember the steps well as I'm on a windows machine ATM. If you need it just reply). Also you can start any program as root by using sudo on a terminal (sudo = Super User DO) or gksudo (same for Gnome apps). Try launching a terminal and writing gksudo xchat for an example. Also.. if anything asks you for a root password just input your normal username's password. on ubuntu you really don't need the root acount. As for installing NVidia's drivers into Hoary, there are plenty of threads over at www.ubuntuforums.org for it, and that's one of the biggest "pros" of this distro. The people on the official forums and on the IRC Channel as as helpful as a helpful person can be (Unlike #debian..for an example). try doing (to install nvidia driver): sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx sudo nvidia-glx-enable and then restart gnome with CTRL+ALT+Backspace. Hope I helped. Xeon

Thanks Now is there any way of putting the info as text on a random sig image?

Hi... having read the IP Sig thread on this forum, I've been wondering if anyone knew how to make something like what http://www.wide-screen.co.uk/ shows. Look under the logo and you'll see something like: A special welcome to Widescreen XP visitors from Albufeira, Portugal. Not only it was correct for the country, as it knew the exact city (and it's a small one I must add).. I wondered if there's some PHP Code that could be put into a siggie... 1st Post.