| mikshaw  
 
  
 
 
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|  | Posted: Jan. 29 2007,13:57 |  |  Exactly which file are you attempting to change? It must be /home/dsl/.xinitrc, not /etc/skel/.xinitrc or /KNOPPIX/anything.  As user dsl you typically will have little reason to modify anything outside of /home/dsl
 
 Unless you made changes to file permissions, or something went seriously wrong, you should have no trouble editing as user dsl.
 
 Are you trying to modify /home/dsl/.xinitrc as a user other than dsl or root?
 
 Also, ".xinitrc rw" is not a valid permissions-modifying command.  Look up the "chmod" and "chown" commands for help with file permissions and ownership.
 
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