Le Fri, 06 May 2005 10:39:41 -0700, utechmech a écrit*:

> When I type the letters vi at root@Administartor # vi to start the vi
> editor to edit the Xorg config file the whole system crashes giving me
> a page of '~' symbols. How do you get to the $ prompt when you are at
> the root@Administartor # prompt?

Would you please calm down now or you're going to hurt someone !-)

While singing some Ôôm now, calmly type :

ls -lL $(which vi)

And please do not login as root@Administartor unless you can
cure this fingercrossing case ;-)

What happens now if you try :
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

as a normal user ?

and also :
free -m && w && df -h