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Please can someone help? I am very new to this, so please be patient.
I have installed Slackware 9 FULL and had KDE running very well. But I couldn't get my mouse wheel to work.
Had a look on this forum and I found a few posts which said try changing "PS/2" to "ipms/s"......
so I did. Now Kde wont load up, giving me this error :
fatal IO error 104.
Is there any way I can edit my xf86config file back to "PS/2" from the bash prompt (told you I was new to this)????
Yes, you can edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file - where the settings are - with vi for instance. I really don't like this editor, but it seems to be in every linux distro. I prefer to use pico when I edit files in this "text mode", but then I have to cheat and get it somewhere else. Anyway, just type "vi /etc/X11/XFConfig-4" at the prompt - as root, of course - and edit away.
Some hints about vi's hidden features - 'cause they are really hidden. Just use the arrow keys to go to the line(s) you want to edit, then press "i". Now you can "insert" text. To delete letters, you press "x" when you're not in the "insert" mode... *sigh* To get out of this insert mode, you press escape. Then, to save your changes, you have to press escape, ":" and then write "wq" and enter.
Thanks for your replies...
But i found a post mentioning "pico" so i typed it and I've just edited the file, got kde back up right now.
Back to practicing installing apps (if i can mount my cd drive)
Aah, yes, emacs! The best editor of them all - ever! Let me cite a sentence from a web page written by some admin at the university where I did my studies, describing emacs - freely translated from Swedish:
From the beginning it was a text editor, but it has evolved into being 50% text processor, 50% development environment, 50% operating system and 50% supernatural being.
if i am being lazy (not using vi) i just type "mc" (midnight commander), this will view, edit, and generally displays all your files without X its a bit like xtree gold.
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