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Asked by J Hohman

I am a new user of Ubuntu and loaded the version 6.10 and the updates from the web on my personal PC.

Need to load ATI drivers, but in the process of loading I get a message in the Terminal window that says I need to load these as a Super-User.

How do I become the super-user and load the drivers?

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#1

In Ubuntu you use the "sudo" command to tell the system you want root privileges.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Another approach to your driver issue might be to install version 7.10. It will be officially released on Oct 18 but the release candidate is already out. It has much better support for adding these kinds of drivers.

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ionospheric (berthold1) said : 		#2

You can use "sudo -i" to become superuser permanently in a terminal session. If you just need to execute one command as superuser, precede that command with "sudo ".

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amit (amityy2002) said : 		#3

fi you want root login in terminal :
$ sudo su
give password of root and enjoy the root login....

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J Hohman (steve-hohman) said : 		#4

Each of you are exceptionally fast! I am not used to such great responses having been a long time micro-hardball user. I am downloading 7.10 to give that a try first. Should I use the 386 or the 64 version? I have an P4S800D-X ASUS board, but I can't remember what CPU (it's been a couple of years). Any suggestions?

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Best Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#5

Conventional wisdom suggests using the 32 bit (386) version for best overall support but I installed the 64 bit version on my laptop and it is running just fine. There may be some issues still with certain apps not working (flash does work by adding some 32 bit libraries but it's an automated install - very nice). If you don't mind playing I'd give the 64 bit version a try. If you just want a stable and working computer with few if any issues use the 32 bit version.

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J Hohman (steve-hohman) said : 		#6

Thanks Jim Hutchinson, that solved my question.