How do I:

-Access /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in an editor? There's no /X11 directory off /etc
-Access display settings?
-Access files on a CD-ROM?

Thanks!

-David

then you have a bad install, there has to be an X11 directory in /etc otherwise remember X11 is different than x11 Linux is case sensitive.
you change those in the aforementioned file, and if you have a nvidia card you can use nvidia-setings for things like color, hue, brightness, gamma, and flicker control

you have to mount the cdrom. for instance
mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
considering your cdrom drive is secondary master and you want to mount it into the /cdrom directory.

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Xsecrets

Ok, I figured out what I did wrong in opening XF86Config-4 (went through menus instead of shell). So now when I open it in Xedit, it says that the file is read-only. What do I do to make it editable? Also, where/how exactly do I change my resolution in XF86Config-4?

When I try to mount a CD, I get this message: "mount: only root can do that" How do I make it that I can mount CDs?

Thanks.

I can't help you with the CDROM thing, but I can with the XF... file.

Q: When you are running X where do you think the system gets the information on the configuration of the X server?

A: the XF86Config-4 file and thus since this file is in use by the X server it can not be editted.

Two suggestions, quit X and then edit it that way, or use SSH to connect to your KnoppMyth box and edit that way (you are still requied to exit X)

Steps:
1. To quit X, press CTRL+ALT+F1 to switch to a terminal
(Only necessary if working on the one computer)
2. Log in as root
3. /etc/init.d/gdm stop
4. nano /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
5. Once you have completed making your adjustments, press CTRL+x
6. It will prompt you to save the changes, press y
7. /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Go your hardest.

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Girkers

And people wonder why we have deja-vu...
http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6429&highlight=xedit

I'm dumb

The instructions for XF86Config-4 stuff worked great.

Still can't get the CD to mount, though, even logged in as root. For the secondary master I get "can't read superblock" and just in case, when I tried primary master I get "already mounted or cdrom busy"

Search for "mount" and "cdrom". This is another fairly common newbie question. You should find some info about determining what ATA devices the system sees where, and how to fix any configuration issues.

So I did some searching around, and decided to go with using this in the shell (BTW, how do I create a new directory anyway?):

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /(directory)

The cdrom seems to mount successfully, but then just about everything in the fluxbox menu disappears. Any suggestions from here?

A mount point will make the original directory inaccesible. So if you mount your CD to /myth/video a will show the contents of your CD-ROM. I suggest creating new directories for mounting removable media.

When you get more comfortable with Linux may want to google for AutoFS with this util can automount CD drives when media is inserted. I recall knoppmyth R5A22 uses AutoFS. Or check www.knoppmythwiki.org there is a AutoFS howto.

Dunno what I changed, but now it's mounting to /mnt w/o problems.

How do I extract files from a tar.gz in /mnt to the directory (/atmel) I want to extract them to? The documentation for the driver I'm trying to install says "tar xzvf ATMEL_linux_drivers.tgz" but I'm unsure of how I work my directories into the string.

Now, after that is done, how do I go to the directory to run the driver installer while typing in the installation string?

THANKS!