On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 9:20 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: > On Monday 01 September 2003 20:13, Richard Urwin wrote: > > I ran through it no problem. You do need to do it with X stopped: > > ctrl-Alt-F2, login as root and "telinit 3". Run the script and then > > read the README and edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to suit the > > new driver; (one line to change, one line to comment out.) Before > > you can get back to the GUI. But if that all makes sense then it's > > dead easy. > > > > Hint: I used "startx" to check it was all working, "telinit 5" > > doesn't give you the console error messages. > > > > I seem to have lost anti-aliasing in the GUI, so I think I'll be > > visiting the driver options sometime soon. > > Ok, I'm getting ready to do it. I think I've gathered most of the > info I need. Still, I have a question: How can you edit the > XF86Config-4 file ? Using cat ?
Ouch! No use vi or emacs. Quick guide to vi: i enter insert mode <esc> exit insert mode ZZ write file and exit :w write file :q exit without writing. x delete character (delete and backspace work in insert mode.) That's enough to do what you want. -- Richard Urwin
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