Ok the back up went well, so I'm beginning the next part.<br>Thank you, and sorry for the step by step but I thought it would be easier to ask before than fix after. So now I will go in alt F1 (<-I will check the exat command)edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and try to modified the files to have them look the same way than the mail, then I reboot and let you know what happened.
<br>Thank you<br>Megan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian McKee</b> <<a href="mailto:brian.mckee@gmail.com">brian.mckee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 04/10/2007, Ashley Benton <<a href="mailto:meggalen@gmail.com">meggalen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> No I just copied my screen and saved it in my documents, it was the only<br>> thing I could think about. I tried cp
xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07 but<br>> the permission is denied. See the terminal screen:<br>> meg@meg-desktop:/etc/X11$ cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07<br>> cp: cannot create regular file `xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07': Permission denied
<br>> meg@meg-desktop:/etc/X11$ cp xorg.conf xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07<br>> cp: cannot create regular file `xorg.conf-backup-oct4-07': Permission denied<br>> meg@meg-desktop:/etc/X11$<br>> What does it mean by cannot create regular file? do I use sudo in front of
<br>> it or is there a problem I can't see? (Between the two commands I went in my<br>> document and change the name of my backup to something else)<br><br>You got it - use 'sudo' in front of it. I should have mentioned to
<br>you previously.<br><br>You see, the /etc/X11 folder is set up so regular uses can't go<br>changing things, only a system administrator. That's why you need<br>the sudo.<br><br>Whenever you are changing a file that affects the entire system (not
<br>just one end user) you'll have to use sudo.<br><br>And it doesn't matter what you call your backup - just as long as it<br>makes sense to you. I like long file names with lots of info in them<br>so I can tell what they are right away even months later. You file it
<br>the way you want to.<br><br>Brian<br><br>Having fun yet ? :-)<br><br>--<br>ubuntu-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
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