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I almsot got my NVIDIA drivers installed (I think). All I need nwo is to edit thsi fiel so it can startX but I do not know how to edit it with out x. Thanx in advance.
Do you have pico installed? It is a very simplistic command line text editor - no brainer, so if it is available (it comes bundled with pine - another no brainer mail client) you can bring the file to pico just like that
pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
be sure befor you do so make a backup copy of the original XF86Config-4 file
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.orig
so in a case you screwed the file you can have the original handy.
I did it. Now i got x. Here is what I did for any one else who has the same problem
cd /etc/X11
vim XF86Config-4 (note I allrdy had backup)
this get u in and u can see al the text in the file. To edit type i. Press esc to exit insert mode. and if you are ready to save type :wq thwill save it. if you mess up and do not want to save :q
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