Testing a synthesizer

[Willem van der Walt]

If you know the root password, the command:
su -
should ask you for the root password.
note it is su space dash


On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, james collins wrote:

> I don't know if I am logged as a root user for some reason I don't think I am
> tried to log in by just typing
> 
> sudo
> 
> but all I got back was usage for the sudo command. How would log in as root to
> run the command you gave me?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Hermann <meinelisten at onlinehome.de> wrote:
> 
> >On 12.08.2009 at 16:37:18 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Just tried it with TTY got the following
> > >
> > >-bash: /dev/ttyUSB0: Permission denied
> > >
> >Are you not logged in as root, or is this impossible on a Mac?
> >
> > >Can I type sudo before I give this command, and then when my computer
> > >asks for my password give it and then for like 5 minutes I would have
> > >permission to run this command?
> > >
> >Should work at least on a real Unix/Linux; but, again, I don't know
> >anything about Macs.
> >And there's one more thing you can do:
> >Try whether the following command exists:
> >lsusb
> >of course with your usb2serial cable connected.
> >Is it listed? Do you know the exact type of cable?
> >Can you get sighted assistance for a while, to look in Mac's device
> >manager whether this cable has been detected at all?
> >Provided there's such a thing like a device manager on this machine.
> >Hermann
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