help

[marshatherton]

how to i get permission to save files in xorg.cnf file

im trying to edit the mouse settings

[newW2]

In a terminal enter:
sudo gedit (path-to-file), e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[lancern]

In a terminal enter:
sudo gedit (path-to-file), e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I learn something New everyday in this Newbie Questions area..thank you..

I tried that just to see how it works..but It seems I didnt have gedit installed..
So I used.. sudo apt-get install gedit ..then tried again and it works great..
now I know how to edit conf files with out loging in as root

There should be a sticky thread here that shows different Terminal commands
because that is the biggest problem for us newbies learning to use Linux..

[Slocker]

Wasn't gedit installed? Are you using XFCE or KDE minted versions? If not gedit should be there by default.

By he way, try not to post questions with subjects as 'help'. It's more useful if you just describe shortly the problem. In this case, something like 'Saving permission to xorg.conf' or something similar.

[proxima_centauri]

There was a post in the how-to section, viewtopic.php?f=42&t=4306
It links a command line cheat sheet of different terminal commands.
Here it is: http://fosswire.com/2007/08/02/unixlinu ... eat-sheet/

[lancern]

Wasn't gedit installed? Are you using XFCE or KDE minted versions? If not gedit should be there by default.

Im using Mint 4 XFCE beta 008..and when I typed that command it said it could not find gedit.

There was a post in the how-to section, viewtopic.php?f=42&t=4306
It links a command line cheat sheet of different terminal commands.
Here it is: http://fosswire.com/2007/08/02/unixlinu ... eat-sheet/

Thanks for the link proxima..that cheat sheet it great..I will study it..tho it dosnt cover everything..
Seeing the commands type out like in instuctions is what really helps me learn it
Like the other day when I installed a theme..the guy did a really good job explaining how to do it..
and I actually learned somthing from it..

To install:
1.Download the file to your desktop
2.Right click the file and select extract here
3.open a terminal and run these commands:
first:
sudo cp -r $HOME/Desktop/Overglossed /usr/share/themes
second:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/themes/Overglossed/overglossed.jpg

Now I know how to copy files to the root folders Thanks The Rob

[Slocker]

Ok then. I was just assuming you were using Daryna. Fine then

[newW2]

Take a look at this post. For XFCE mousepad is the default editor (like gedit in Gnome), kate in KDE.

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=8767&p=54378&hilit=mousepad#p54378

[McLovin]

Wasn't gedit installed? Are you using XFCE or KDE minted versions? If not gedit should be there by default.

Overglossed, I love that theme, sry off topic, thread hijacking over.