Dual monitor possible?

[Brian McKee]

On 04/10/2007, Ashley Benton <meggalen at gmail.com> wrote:
> No I just copied my screen and saved it in my documents, it was the only
> thing I could think about. I tried cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07 but
> the permission is denied. See the terminal screen:
> meg at meg-desktop:/etc/X11$ cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07
> cp: cannot create regular file `xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07': Permission denied
> meg at meg-desktop:/etc/X11$ cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07
> cp: cannot create regular file `xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07': Permission denied
> meg at meg-desktop:/etc/X11$
> What does it mean by cannot create regular file? do I use sudo in front of
> it or is there a problem I can't see? (Between the two commands I went in my
> document and change the name of my backup to something else)

You got it - use 'sudo' in front of it.   I should have mentioned to
you previously.

You see, the /etc/X11 folder is set up so regular uses can't go
changing things, only a system administrator.   That's why you need
the sudo.

Whenever you are changing a file that affects the entire system (not
just one end user) you'll have to use sudo.

And it doesn't matter what you call your backup - just as long as it
makes sense to you.  I like long file names with lots of info in them
so I can tell what they are right away even months later.  You file it
the way you want to.

Brian

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