[ubuntu-uk] (no subject)

STONE COLD javad_ayaz at hotmail.com
Tue Oct 10 21:41:19 BST 2006


i think it has worked...it seems to be better than before...not 
perfect...but probably acceptable!!


>From: Adam Bagnall <ajb35 at kent.ac.uk>
>Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:24:03 +0100
>
>You could press alt+F2 to bring up the run command and then run "gksudo
>gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to edit the file without toucing a terminal,
>but as I said before if it doesnt work then it will drop you back to a
>terminal and you will have to return the file to its original state
>manually using nano. xorg.conf is the configuration file for the X
>server which is what provides the graphical subsystem on Linux.
>
>Matthew Saunders wrote:
> > To run gedit as a 'super user', traditionally called 'root' on a Linux
> > system, just start a terminal and type:
> >
> > sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> >
> > Then enter your password you log on with.
> >
> > It is sudo that elevates your rights.  'root' is like the Windows
> > Administrator account.  Ubuntu doesn't have a root account, instead
> > allows you to use sudo and will accept your password.  Beware though,
> > you can harm your Ubuntu installation by using programs under sudo!
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> >
> > On 10/10/06, STONE COLD <javad_ayaz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> i presume that means changing the system file?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Baza <baza at themauvezone.fsnet.co.uk>
> >>> Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject)
> >>> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:55:33 +0100
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:49, STONE COLD wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Is this the only way to change it? is there not a simpler way for
> >>>> this?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> F
> >>>>>
> >>> You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write
> >>> to etc/X11/
> >>>
> >>> Baza
> >>>
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