On Wednesday 10 Nov 2004 12:14, Merlin Zener wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running 10.0, having recently upgraded from 9.0. I'm trying to get > my USB card reader to work, and I went to the Apacer site and they say > to edit my modules.conf file. But when I try to save the edited file it > complains I don't have permission. > > So I'm guessing I need to be root to do it;
Correct. > but now that I'm on 10.0 I > can't log in as root any more. It only gives me two choices [the two > usernames I set up] at login time. In 9.0 I could just type in "root" in > the login field and the password; it would warn me something about > running graphics as root [can't remember exactly] but it would let me in > anyhow. But now I can't - there's nowhere to type! > I think that's the login manager you are using. I can do it that way, but I don't - there are better ways. > I can open a text window and "SU", but then edit modules.conf only gives > me: > bash: edit: command not found > To do it that way you would have to do something like 'vi modules.conf' - not for the fainthearted, if you are not familiar with vi. BTW, are you sure it is modules.conf you need? It probably isn't if you are running a 2.6 kernel. Most things are specified in /etc/modules.preload for 2.6 kernels. Modules.conf is for 2.4 kernels. Try this - Open a terminal, type kdesu konqueror give the root password Find your file and right-click to open with the editor of your choice. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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