[newbie] cannot re-edit XF86Config-4

[Scott Wagner]

I had a problem with the X font server (Mandrake 8.0)starting so I took someone's advice (not on this list) to change the port for xfs from "unix/:-1" to port "7100". I changed this in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs. It didn't work. I opened the files from the command line with vim and tried to put them back the way they were but I cannot write changes to the file. I get error messages like "write error in swap file" and "write error (system full?)" During shutdown I get the message "segmentation fault in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs". Can someone tell me how I can re-edit these files (If possible) and what to do to fix the original problem, that suddenly xfs will not start? The original error message was something like "default font fixed". I tried commenting out "FontPath uix/:-1" in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and x started, but then I couldn't connect to the internet because of the font I was running. This has been a problem with two differnt installations. Thanks SW