I find it easier to right-click->open as root on /etc - it will allow sudo editing the containing files.
That is one thing that I do not really like about Mint, it is too easy to gain root access. It is useful in some situations, but cannot be good for security. That is one of the (very few) reasons that I don't run Linux Mint as my main OS.
Great tip. Thanks. Very helpful for a noob like me. Rather than trying to figure out what each file does, where it is, I can just browse the entire file system, highlight a file, and see what's inside. Better yet, whenever I see something new, I can start up Nemo and search for the file, right click it and take a look. Saves having to type all that gksu and sudo stuff. Cuts down on the typos as well. .
Please don't. I like it that way. I don't need a crippled admin account just for the sake of security, because some n00bs don't care about security. @wmh: did that solution work for you?
"Warning, it has been detected that you have attempted to move the mouse. You don't have sufficient permission to perform this function. Please enter admin password to confirm this action." -
Yes, it did! I found another issue though. During Mint start up it says it can't mount windows partition and asks if I should skip or do it manually (don't know how to) or wait . If I wait nothing happens and if I press S to skip, the system loads. Can you help me fix this, please?
In GUI: Install and/or run dconf-editor. Browse to org -> cinnamon -> desktop - media-handling. Check automount-open and automount In Terminal: gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.media-handling automount-open true gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.media-handling automount true
I get this error when executing commands in Terminal: /usr/share/themes/Crunchy-orange/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:745: Unable to find include file: "apps/ubuntuone.rc"
I have grub installed with Windows 10 and Mint Cinnamon. Windows 10 is listed first in grub. During a boot, I wanted to book Mint but didn't catch it fast enough and Windows 10 started booting. I interrupted the boot with CTRL-ALT-DEL to return to the grub menu and booted Mint. When I got into Mint the Windows 10 NTFS partition would not mount because it said it was in an unstable state due to its boot being interrupted. I went back and rebooted Windows 10 properly and shut it down properly and then a reboot back to Mint and Windows 10 NTFS could then be mounted. So if you are having trouble mounting Windows NTFS in Linux, it might be because Windows wasn't shut down properly. Go back and do a proper Windows boot and shut down and that may solve a mounting problem.
I don't know what I did but whatever it was it fixed the not mounting during boot. Maybe it was this proper shutdown you mentioned.