type it without the leading "

you left off the trailing " and the shell is waiting for you to finish the 
command.

On Sunday 13 May 2007 07:05, Douglas Pollard wrote:
> This has got to be simple but thats sometimes a problem. I am running
> Ubuntu 7.04  and  installed Cinelerra and got an error message.
> I made my self root in terminal and typed in the message. su -
> (password)   Echo "0x7fffffff' >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax as the error
> message called for  I then get the  symbol > . I clicked enter a couple
> times and still get the> symbol. I don't know what to do next.    I hit
> enter but I get the symbol again.  I don't understand what is required
> here. I am just learning to use the terminal.  I have  Premeire in Xp
> and used it to do some learning on  but it is not a legal copy so I
> don't really like using it.  Have been looking  Cinelerra over and I
> believe I am really going to like it and can afford it.   Thanks for any
> help.      Doug
>
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