Greetings

That is my first time working with linux and maybe my questions are a little stupid bu please help me.

In order to configure my mouse pad on laptop compaq nx7000 I have to modifie the /etc/init.d/gpm , but when I try to open it it asks me if I want to execute this file and no matter what I do I can't open it.

I am going to give you more information for what I want to do:

'/etc/init.d/gpm' modification:

...
# if [ -n "$MOUSETYPE" ]; then
# daemon gpm -m $DEVICE -t $MOUSETYPE
# else
# daemon gpm -m $DEVICE
# fi

daemon gpm -m /dev/mouse -t imps2 -Rraw
...



Please help me

Try shift and then click to view the file.

if you need to edit it, I would suggest reading the Man page on VI.

You will need to bring up a terminal and log in as root. su - root

Then type in vi /etc/init.d/gpm

VI is a command line text editing program that you will need to read before using. The commands are not given directly on the screen.

Thanks but I dont undrestand the part with the man VI reading, can you please explain what is this.

VI is an unix command line (cli) text editor. The following link should be a good site to learn how to use VI.

http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/softwa...ral/vi101.html

Do you know who to bring up a terminal window under X?

Thanks fot the help that you give me bu I still have some questions.

When I edit the file with vi command and I change the text I can't type any commands to save the file.

Can you please help me

Sure. when you are ready to exit/save or just save perform the following:


SAVE ONLY:
control c to exit the editing function
the type ":w" that is colon w

At this point you are ready to reenter editing mode.

to SAVE and EXIT:
control c to exit the editing function
the type ":wq" that is colon wq

Hope this helps

still have a problem it exit the insert mode but I still cant type any commands.

clarify the problem you are still having please.