i think it has worked...it seems to be better than before...not perfect...but probably acceptable!!
>From: Adam Bagnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> >To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> >Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:24:03 +0100 > >You could press alt+F2 to bring up the run command and then run "gksudo >gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to edit the file without toucing a terminal, >but as I said before if it doesnt work then it will drop you back to a >terminal and you will have to return the file to its original state >manually using nano. xorg.conf is the configuration file for the X >server which is what provides the graphical subsystem on Linux. > >Matthew Saunders wrote: > > To run gedit as a 'super user', traditionally called 'root' on a Linux > > system, just start a terminal and type: > > > > sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > > > Then enter your password you log on with. > > > > It is sudo that elevates your rights. 'root' is like the Windows > > Administrator account. Ubuntu doesn't have a root account, instead > > allows you to use sudo and will accept your password. Beware though, > > you can harm your Ubuntu installation by using programs under sudo! > > > > Matthew > > > > > > On 10/10/06, STONE COLD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> i presume that means changing the system file? > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: Baza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> Reply-To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > >>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > >>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] (no subject) > >>> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:55:33 +0100 > >>> > >>> > >>> On 10 Oct 2006, at 20:49, STONE COLD wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Is this the only way to change it? is there not a simpler way for > >>>> this? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> F > >>>>> > >>> You could use gedit, tho you'll need to run this as 'root' to write > >>> to etc/X11/ > >>> > >>> Baza > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------- > >>> Site http://walkertopia.com > >>> Blog http://walkertopia.com/blog > >>> http://www.myspace.com/m14forever > >>> Skype baza41 > >>> ------------------------- > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >>> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > >> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >> > >> > > > > > > >-- >ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
