On Tue, 9 May 2000, hermit wrote:

> I have a HP DeskJet 820Cse for Windows printer.  I know there is a work
> around to get it to work properly and that is adding :
> 
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> 
> to the conf.modules file.  I did this using gnotepad.  I clicked *save*
> and was met with the following error:  *cannot save - file is read only*.
> 
> Obviously I am doing something wrong.  Could someone please take the time
> to help me with this?  I am using RH 6.1.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> Dick

As root use pico to edit the file.  The key word here is /root/, so be
logged on as root to edit rather than gnotepad. 

Hope this helps,
Warren

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