There is a document called "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" that may help you in the future. Specifically the section called Write in clear, grammatical, correctly-spelled language. You need to be very, very clear in discussing the files you're editing. Vague references like "OMG that's the file" just isn't going to cut it here. Why, exactly, is it OMG worthy? Be precise.
Charles has been trying, patiently, to get you to edit a file for several posts now. #31 and #32 provide that exact file path, directory, name, and the content he thinks that file needs to have. That exact file is named "30-touchpad-libinput.conf". It is not called "Untitled". It lives in the directory "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d". It does not exist under the directory "/home/ralphie". These are different places in the Linux file system. The files have different names.
You know how to edit a file. You know how to move a file. Now it's time to move your "/home/ralphie/Untitled" text file to the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" directory and rename it to "30-touchpad-libinput.conf". Charles has been asking you to do this since #21.
You can do this. You might need to run Thunar as root if it won't let you do it as ralphie.
"How to Ask Questions the Smart Way" has another section that is relevant here: Grovelling is not a substitute for doing your homework. Editing text files is not as difficult as you're making it out to be and I don't know how much simpler I can spell it out. If copying and pasting text into a text file is too challenging for you to accomplish right now then you really should spend some time teaching yourself basic file management skills and directory structures, either in Thunar or in the terminal, or both. There are hundreds of tutorials online and I'm sure at least a dozen decent videos on YouTube that you can watch at your own pace[0]. The work you put in learning these basics now will pay dividends for you in the future.Gigahenry007 wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:14 pm I'm confused in general with Linux cause I'm a dummie with little experience with the terms used. Differences in Thunar and Terminal.
The dollar sign "$" is just a command prompt. It works just like "C:\>" on Windows and in DOS. It shows you where you can start typing commands. That's all it does.Gigahenry007 wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2024 8:14 pm In post #37 the word $ Cat is used which I've never seen before.
"cat" is a program. It can quickly print things in the terminal. That's all it does.
When I want to know what a config file contains, I can run "cat /path/to/the/file" and see it on my screen. It's quick. It's clear. It's unambiguous and works a lot better than "I tried to edit the file but I'm not sure if it worked". We need to be sure about these sorts of things.
When pasting the output of files like this, put them in a code block before you hit the Submit button on the forum. I have mentioned this to you once before. This is required by the forum rules, which I am sure you have already read at least once in the several years you've been here. I'll repeat the relevant portion here:
So let's summarize where we are: You have the file contents you need from #31 in a text file called "Untitled". You know you have to move that file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and rename it to 30-touchpad-libinput.conf, overwriting the file that is already there. It's time to get it done. You can do this. I want to see you rename that Untitled file like a pro.When posting long blocks of data encase the block in code tags by highlighting the text and clicking on code tags </> found at the top of the post. This improves the readability of the post.
[0] I did a search for "linux file structure" and found a bunch of good starting points, from one that's under 3 minutes long to ones presented by Veronica Explains and Chris Titus, both of whom are very good tech educators and I'd recommend either of them to users of all skill levels.
