Editing config files in CUI
 

Help i am having video problems with xfree how do i edit the config file in /etc/X11

from a terminal

su -<enter>
password <root password>

pico /etc/X11/XF86Config

pico is a text editor usable from the terminal. what problems are you having?

or u could enter :
su
password
cd /etc/X11
kedit XF86Config

or u could download a script called "Edit as Root" that will make an option to edit as root if u right click on the file

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=11998

Thanks but i am now getting a error
kedit: cannot connect to X server

are u running it within kde ?

if u cant start kde or anyother WM then u have to use vi or pico

how would i do that lol

See PEACEDOGs post (the 1st reply in this thread)

There are lots of esitors you can use, you haight not have all of them installed, and some you might like better than others.

Examples are:

pico
nano
vim
emacs

If you get command not found when you try 'pico' then change 'pico' for 'nano', and repeat until you find one that works.

Or do 'man -k edit' and look through the (mostly complete and not too irrelevant) list instead of guessing. ;)

There's also 'mcedit' which is really easy and, if you've got mc, you've got it. And joe. And so on.