Hello Ray -
I got to thinking (a dangerous thing for me to do sometimes), but what if
I log completely off and reboot to root. Seems when I log on as *user*
and change to *su* in a term window, I can't do anything. So I rebooted,
typed in *root* and my password, went to conf.modules, gnotepad, added the
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc line, saved and exited with no problem!
Couldn't believe that my idea worked. Can't figure though why I cannot do
this from the terminal window.
Anyway, could you suggest a printer to choose for my HP DeskJet 820Cse? I
tried several, and attempted test page printing, but got nothing.
Thanks for all your help!
Regards,
Dick
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> You left the list off in your reply to me - I'm adding it back in my reply.
>
> The best way to find out about an unfamiliar command is to check its man
> page. All "chmod" does is change the read-write-execute permissions of a
> file, then return you to the command-line prompt. In this case, the line I
> gave you to type would change the file's permissions to (as reported by "ls
> -l") "-rw-r--r--" -- exactly what you report seeing for the file
> /etc/conf.modules .
>
> So, when you write:
>
> >When I do the *ls -l /etc/conf.modules* command line what I get is this:
> >
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root
>
> how to interpret this depends on when you did it.
>
> If you did it *before* you did the "chmod" command, that means that
> permissions weren't your problem.
>
> If you did it *after* running "chmod", this *may* mean that running "chmod"
> fixed the problem. (This assumes, of course, that the omitted part of the
> line did list the file name /etc/conf.modules).
>
> Did you try (as root) to edit /etc/modules.conf after you did the "chmod"?
> How (what editing app) and with what effect?
>
> The only other thing I can think of is pretty far fetched ... that the
> filesystem itself is read only. How about this: as root, run one more time
> this set of commands ...
>
> df
> ls -l /etc/conf.modules
> chmod 644 /etc/conf.modules
>
> ... and send us the COMPLETE (every single character on the screen) sequence
> -- the lines you enter and the results. Maybe that will suggest something.
>
> One last question ... are you *absolutely certain* that you are running
> gnotepad as root? Check this by running, from a console or xterm, "ps aux |
> grep gnote" while you have gnotepad open.
>
> At 04:36 AM 5/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Ray -
> >
> >When I do the *ls -l /etc/conf.modules* command line what I get is this:
> >
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root
> >
> >so this indicates to me that I should be able to write to the conf.modules
> >file. But I can't. I still get the same error - that it is read only.
> >
> >Now the lines you recommend I type, I assume I do that in root in a term
> >window. When I typed the first line you advised, all it did was take me
> >back to the root prompt - nothing else happened. Rather than go further
> >and screw something up, I quit at that point. I thought what would happen
> >after typing in the first line was that I would be taken to the
> >conf.modules file, but as I said, all that happened was neing returned to
> >the root prompt. I might add that I am a relative newbie at Linux RH.
> >
> >Sure appreciate any more help you can send.
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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