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   From: Hadron    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Another sreen res mod question   
   Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:27:20 +0100   
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   Joe LaVigne  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:56:08 +0000, Colyn wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:36:28 -0600, BlackTopBum wrote   
   >> (in article ):   
   >>    
   >>> Colyn was all like, you know, and then said something like a ...   
   >>>    
   >>>> I have a /swap but how do I know if it is on??   
   >>>    
   >>> Just run "top" in a terminal and you'll see an entry for swap and RAM.   
   >>>    
   >>> example:   
   >>>    
   >>> Mem:   1035488k total,   832000k used,   203488k free,   210696k buffers   
   >>> Swap:  1028152k total,    17500k used,  1010652k free,   474408k cached   
   >>>    
   >>>    
   >>    
   >> I have swap..   
   >>    
   >> I've somehow gotten rid of the swap file but still can't access xorg.config    
   >> through a terminal.   
   >>    
   >> I just installed Ubuntu on another computer and cannot access xorg.config   
   on    
   >> it either.   
   >   
   > The file name is /etc/X11/xorg.conf   
   >   
   > Also, be sure to edit it using sudo...   
   >   
   > sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf   
   >   
   > Enter your password, and it should come up.   
      
   Dont recommend using vi to a new user that might not know how to use   
   it!!!!! Especially for a critical file like xorg.cong - a great way to   
   screw it up. gedit or somesuch is a much better idea.   
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