i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf'

[Irwin Mercader]

i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf' can someone tell me why? thanks. its for  the 
NVIDIA driver

[Vlad Ignatenko]

R u root? If not, type this:    su -    Then your root password. That should
do it.

Regards,

Vlad

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Subject: i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf'

i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf' can someone tell me why? thanks. its for  the 
NVIDIA driver

Vlad Ignatenko wrote:
> R u root? If not, type this:    su -    Then your root password. That should
> do it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vlad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
> On Behalf Of Irwin Mercader
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:01 PM
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf'
>
> i cannot edit the 'xorg.conf' can someone tell me why? thanks. its for  the 
> NVIDIA driver

please save your old xorg.conf.
you can do this as user, you will need your root-password

$ system-config-display --set-driver "nvidia"
or which driver you will install.