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   Subject: Re: Another sreen res mod question   
   Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:36:37 -0700   
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   Colyn was all like, you know, and then said something like a ...   
      
   > I've been trying to modifiy my screen res to 1440x900 but cannot modify the    
   > xorg.config file. The file is read only..   
   >    
   > How do I gain access to the file so I can make the needed change??   
      
   Use  "sudo  " in a terminal. Example:   
      
   sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf   
      
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