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Posted by Yoda1977 - 2004-04-09, 01:19 AM

hi im a linux noobie and i trying to get 1280x1024 resolution from my radeon 9800xt card so i go to "vi /etc/X11/XF86Config" and enter it into the string it worked the first time i rebooted then i switched back to 1024x768 to see how big the difference was but then my screen went crazy on me so i tried to go back to XF86 and i get this

 

E325: ATTENTION

Found a swap file by the name "/etc/X11/.XF86Config.swp"

owned by: root dated: Thu Apr 8 07:13:19 2004

file name: /etc/X11/XF86Config

modified: YES

user name: root host name: x1-6-00-40-f4-27-a9-5a

process ID: 6063

While opening file "/etc/X11/XF86Config"

dated: Thu Apr 8 08:29:35 2004

NEWER than swap file!

 

(1) Another program may be editing the same file.

If this is the case, be careful not to end up with two

different instances of the same file when making changes.

Quit, or continue with caution.

 

(2) An edit session for this file crashed.

If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/X11/XF86Config"

to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").

If you did this already, delete the swap file "/etc/X11/.XF86Config.swp"

to avoid this message.

 

Swap file "/etc/X11/.XF86Config.swp" already exists!

 

and im wondering if this is wants causing me to NOT be able to get back to 1280X1024 res??? please help im in the #fedora room on efnet if anyone can help me thanks

:)