On 2011/07/19 01:45 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:
On 07/19/2011 12:45 AM, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2011/07/18 23:29 (GMT+0300) Stan Goodman composed:
It says "properties", not "permissions", which is what usually happens in similar cases. Does it want a (temporary) change permissions or ownership, or something else?
If you look at the permissions on /etc/zypp/repos.d you'll see it isn't writable except by root. I don't know what "it" is making the claim, but permissions are directory properties. Pretty much anything you wish to change directly yourself, as opposed to using some tool like YaST2, in the /etc tree, needs to be done by root or sudo.
So it means "permissions" and not something else. That's the answer to the question. Thanks.
Presumably, since you failed to define the "it" that used the word "properties". What had you tried to save it there with? Sorry, I thought I was clear; apparently I was not. As I said, I had entered the URL with the browser (Firefox), and tried to <Save as> to
On 07/19/2011 02:12 AM, Felix Miata wrote: the target directory, and received the error message. I did see that the directory's privileges required root for writing, but wanted to be certain that this was the only reason for the refusal, because of what seemed an unclear wording of the error message, so I asked, in the interest of clarity -- "better to be safe than sorry". My solution last night (wee hours), which seemed simple enough, was to save the file instead to the Desktop, and then, as root, to move it in a terminal to the target directory. As I understand from a previous message from you, the presence of this new file makes it possible for YaST to see newer versions of Xorg; searching in YaST for "graphics", or "xorg", or "intel", I do not notice anything that looks like a newer Xorg, so it's possible I have omitted a step. I won't progress to the matter of the kernel until I'm sure that the Xorg matter is resolved. Meanwhile, I've got the page http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_graphics_cards#Symptom on the browser, and will read it now. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org