[newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Merlin Zener
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

Re: [newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Anne Wilson
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

Re: [newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Stew Benedict
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 10 Nov 2004 12:31, Stew Benedict wrote: On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: 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

Re: [newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Erylon Hines
On Wednesday 10 November 2004 04:14 am, 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 |

Re: [newbie] how to edit modules.conf - permission problem...

2004-11-10 Thread Erylon Hines
On Wednesday 10 November 2004 04:14 am, 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 |