Firstly, you need to be root to be able to run xf86config and write the XF86Config-4 file. Secondly, you might want to run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 as debconf can take care of some X configuration options.
Debian 3.0 can use either XFree86 version 4 or version 3 which makes it a bit confusing since there can be both XF86Config and XF86Config-4 present at the same time as well as x configuration tools from version 3 and 4. But if xf86config makes you correct XF86 version 4 config file then you can just rename it to be XF86Config-4. Hope this helps. Welcome to use Debian GNU/Linux. Yours, Harri On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:03:35PM +1000, Jennifer wrote: > Hi, I am newly getting to know Debian and try to make Debian working on my PC. > > When I finished installation from the CD set (7 of them) of Debian 3.0 Woody. I > found the monitor display quite blur, not clear. So I did xf86config as some people > told me. > > But when I finished all the process of xf86config. It asked me "whether I want to > write to /etc/X11/XF86Config, ". I typed "y". then it told me that " Failed to open > file name for writing /etc/X11/XF86Config". > > I used command "ls -al /etc/X11" > I found there is a file called" XF86Config-4", rather than " XF86Config". In this > case, what should I do? > > Your any advice always be highly appreciated. > > Jennifer Z > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
