usr33t;366434 Wrote: > Hello, > > Me again! > > Thanks for all your help so far guys. > > Next question... > > How do I edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file so I can add Webmin and > Squeezecenter using Ubuntu Server? > > I tried sudo gedit /etc/... but this didn't work (gedit application not > installed?). I then guessed what to do next and tried apt-get install > gedit to try and install gedit. This certainly appeared to install > something but when i tried sudo gedit /etc/... I got an error message > "(gedit:8229): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:" > > Any ideas? > > Thanks again > Russ
you can use WinSCP from your windows PC to edit any file, or Midnight Commander from a text terminal on the server. From a prompt use the command sudo mc this will run midnight commander. Gedit uses the Gnome interface which you would get if you installed the desktop version. -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SC 7.2-22869 Win Vista, Alien 2.0 P4 2.6GHz, SC 7.3-23688 WinXP, Alien 2.2b1-7.3 P2 266MHz, ubuntu server 8.10 SC 7.3~24187 Alien 2.4a1-7.3 AMD64x2 ubuntu 8.04, SC 7.3-24187, Alien 2.4a1-7.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55910 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
