/etc/x11/XF86config

MasterC · 07-25-2003, 05:13 AM

A few things:
Looking_Lost: I agree

Sunyard:
They cannot cd to a file location, it's not a directory

They'll need to cd one up from there:
cd /etc/X11
And then they can cp their config file anywhere you/they want (them) to.

Cool

Mega Man X · 07-25-2003, 05:26 AM

Why don't you use Midnight Commander? It's included in both RedHat and Slackware packages. It's both an editor and a file manager. Pressing F4 into midnight commander you get a nice editor and it also runs in the command line

SnowSurfAir · 07-25-2003, 12:12 PM

so I have to do all of this out of X?

SnowSurfAir · 07-25-2003, 12:23 PM

I tried Cd'ing into its directory when Iwas out of X but it said /etc/x11 not such file or directory

SnowSurfAir · 07-25-2003, 12:26 PM

well I got into the directory but how do I open the file? and is the file small enough to be backed up on to a floppy?

aaa · 07-25-2003, 01:02 PM

You're forgetting case sensitivity. It's X11, not x11. You use an editor to open the file. Example: "vi XF86Config". If you get a bunch of ~'s like you did earlier it means you typed the file wrong. Try "ls" to find out it's exact name. The file is pretty small, and will definitely fit on a floppy. Vi has these modes to either give commands or edit stuff. Switch between them using <Esc>.
The command for quit is "q", for quit and save "qw".

SnowSurfAir · 07-25-2003, 01:24 PM

and to back it up to a floppy?

aaa · 07-25-2003, 01:32 PM

You can if you want, but you don't have to.
To back up on floppy (assuming that the floppy is mounted to /floppy):

cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /floppy

Check if the name of XF86Config is right by typing this:

ls /etc/X11

To back up on harddisk:

cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/XF86Config.bk

Either way you restore it by switching the names around, like this for floppy:

cp /floppy/XF86Config /etc/X11/XF86Config

And like this for harddisk:

cp /etc/X11/XF86Config.bk /etc/XF86Config

SnowSurfAir · 07-25-2003, 08:21 PM

Just for future reference to Rh 9 users there is a little tool to configure some of XF86Config, it is redhat-config-xfree86

SnowSurfAir · 01-11-2004, 11:19 PM

wrong page