"You do not adequate permission to open existing X configuration file"

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I am trying to “Save to X Configuration File”, but I get the error, “You do not have adequate permission to open the existing X configuration file ‘/etc/X11/xorg.conf’ for writing. You must be ‘root’ to modify the file.”

Could someone please help me here?

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use sudo.

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Incase the above instruction isn’t completely clear, you need to invoke the text editor you’re using with sudo.

IE if using, say, nano, instead of nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf you would use sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

It’s designed to protect important files from being edited unintentionally.

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More info about sudo:

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Thanks!

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