Thread: [Debian] New Debian (beta3) for the N8x0 w/ XFCE
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2008-06-14 , 04:53
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Originally Posted by b-man View Post
I unfortunetly don't have a hardware keyboard...
is there a way of hacking the input of the onscreen keyboard so i can use the application manager in Debian?
As Johnx said, gain root from the terminal and then type "synaptic" as root. It should let you run the package manager without having to type the password in a GUI. You can also boot to OS2008 and then chroot to Debian and install packages using synaptic, then boot back into Debian to use them.

Johnx, perhaps you could add the line to sudoers to let the user type "sudo su -" and gain root without having to enter a password?
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