I'm feeling a bit bewildered by the password system in KDE. The good news tonight is that I downloaded and installed tightVNC viewer on my XP Laptop and I can now use KDE much more easily, wow. I can open up things with right click and use a curser and except for slow speed it functions nearly normally. My problem now is that I can't seem to get a handle on KDE's security system.


I found and followed Penguinbate's instructions here:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...+root+password

I did open the root shell in kDE and typed passwd and pressed enter. I did get the chance to change the password but when I typed I got no symbols to appear no matter how I tried to enter my new password. I tried assuming that xterm was just not showing anything because it's a password and so I went through the motions. I entered it twice as it asked me to. Then I go to the places where KDE needs root password and my password doesn't seem to work. My actions don't end up having any affect. So what am I missing here? Feeling a bit stumped

Thanks
Neil