apt-get install nano and use nano to edit the file. vi and emacs need some learning.
On Saturday 09 April 2005 05:39, Brandon Richards wrote: > ok i found the directory and the file how do i edit it? do i go into > vi or emacs and edit it there or what? as i said before i am a very > new linux user. thanks. > > As soon as i get all this stuff down i am sure it will click i am a > very fast learner. > > Thanks again, > > Brandon > > On Apr 8, 2005 6:58 PM, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 09 April 2005 02:43, Brandon Richards wrote: > > > another problem developed. i have stable installed. when i got it > > > installed it wont let me into the graphical interface due to the fact > > > that i think i chose the wrong install option. when i installed i > > > chose the vga driver option but then i chose the colors as 24. now it > > > wont boot into the graphical interface. i found a website to help but > > > cant figure out how to rpm the package into the directory. please > > > help. website is: > > > <http://www.hpcc.uh.edu/~tonyc/sony/linux-main.html>. > > > > > > Thanks for any help u can provide. also there is no > > > /etc/x11/xf86config directory in my system. > > > > This is the file you will need to edit as root: > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > > > Find the section: > > Section "Screen" > > > > and after change this: > > DefaultDepth 16 > > > > maybe your DefaultDepth is 24, change it to 16. > > > > Then restart the X server.
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