Red text editor

[piperx]

I was trying to install drivers for a touchscreen the other day, and modified /etc/X11/XF86-config. Apparently something went wrong, and when I try and start X, I get an error from that file, and KDE won't load. I would be happy to remove or comment out those lines, but when I type "ed XF86-config" at the command line (as root) it only returns the file size. (The same thing happens for red) Am I missing something, or is there another way to edit this file from the command line? Thanks!

[psic]

I usually use midnight commander to get to the file in question, then I think to edit it you press F5 (not sure about this last, but at the bottom of the screen, there are numbers for different things like copy, move, edit...).

[swemic]

Or if you'd preffere to learn about an editor that works in most Unx flavours, try "vi"

vi <filename>

To insert text at current posiotion just press i when done press ESC
and typ :wq

[Sepero]

type mc

to start midnight commander

[smindinvern]

I usually use nano

[Santa's little helper]

but when I type "ed XF86-config" at the command line (as root) it only returns the file size. (The same thing happens for red) !

You mean it returns the file size and then exits ? What happens if you use it with another file ? What happens if you don't specify a file name at all ?