On 09/12/2011 08:25 PM, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > As a longtime gnome user, I've been disappointed in finding my hardware > simply can't handle gnome3 of FC15 and have switched to KDE. I've > connected to the Internet and now want to enter the names of IP > addresses of my other boxes in /etc/hosts. Something that used to be > simple -- i.e. open Konsole, then as superuser, kwrite /etc/hosts& -- > doesn't work and instead delivers error messages that make no sense to > me, let alone give me anything to work with. > > Clearly there must be an easier way to do this but, so far at least, > Google has not been my friend. One "howto" suggested using the "Run > command..." from the K menu and then completing the "run as different > user" section of the "Options" menu, but the "Options" menu doesn't > exist in this version of KDE. > > Any suggestions would be most appreciated so I can continue with this > upgrade. I don't mind using Linux being an ongoing adventure, but this > is a bit much. > > Jerry > vi should do it - elementary use is actually easy. Other editors are blocked in many environments. -- http://clients.teksavvy.com/~echapin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
