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grub2 package

GRUB config file permissions problem

Asked by Charles Beer

I just got Ubuntu 11.10 to install on my Dell XPS-15z, but in order to get it to boot I need to add the command "acpi=off" at startup. However, every time I try to edit the etc/default/grub file, the system tells me I don't have permission to edit this file. I am using the only account on the system, so I have administrator privileges, but I still get this message.

Thank you for any help.

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Clarence Weaver (kenb) said : 		#1

You do not have administrator (root) privileges yet. You need to preceed your command with "sudo" (without the quotes)

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Best Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#2

Open the file from the terminal rather than nautilus.

gksu gedit /etc/default/grub

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Charles Beer (beer-charlesw) said : 		#3

Thanks, got startup working now. Just a few more issues to debug. I may need to make a tutorial on this laptop, it's being a pain to load Ubuntu onto.