--- "Phil G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:30:48 -0700 (PDT), Terje Heen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > --- lorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Friday 26 September 2003 05:43 pm, Terje Heen > >> wrote: > >> > Hi there. > >> > How to edit the lilo.conf with vi?? > >> > Can not seem to save the read only file.... > >> > (not familiar with this editor :-) > >> > > >> If you are doing this a root, you should be able > to > >> do a :w! and then :q. > > > > Hello Lorne. > > I'm very glad for all info I can get. > > Ok. so far so good. Im gonna change vga=788 to > > vga=normal due to a framebuffer problem. With the > > lilo.conf open in vi i hit "i" for insert and edit > 788 > > to normal. (the text becomes blue for some > reason). > > Then I go out with esc. and try to save. > > Then vi tells me "argument required"... > > Sorry for my "bad knowhow" about linux, but I find > > linux very interresting and I have to start > > someplace..... :-) > > :x and :wq should save your changes and exit vi, :w > should save the file > but not quit vi, and :save <filename> will save the > file to a new name. Of > these I listed, only :save requires an argument - > the filename. > > There's a good primer - "Learning the VI Editor" by > O'Reilly and it > includes a Quick Reference Guide. I borrowed the > book from the library, > read it once, and photocopied the reference guide. > Phil ! I mannaged to save the lilo.conf but the word I edited was changing color from magenta to light blue. (vga=normal) And My framebuffer is still active. is this because this "blue" text?? It seems that linux does not recognize this command from the lilo.conf.. or skips it... Do I have to do anything else??
Regards. Terje ( with soon mastergrade in redooting..) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
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