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I am installing Arch for the second time and am attempting to set up my 10-monitor.conf file
whenever i go to save the file in nano i get the output "error writing /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf: is a directory"
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What is the output of
$ ls -la /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
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total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 12 19:04 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Sep 12 07:57 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 19:30 10-monitor.conf
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drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 19:30 10-monitor.conf
So the error message is correct.
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What does that mean?
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What does that mean?
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf: is a directory
Is that not clear?
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So I can not write a .config file to a directory?
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That may be what you tried to do, but it is not what you have done...
How, exactly, did you attempt to write the file?
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If I understand you correctly, it sounds as though you're not trying to save a config file to a directory (i.e., creating /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf/conf) but rather trying to *overwrite* the directory with a file (i.e., you've created a file and instructed your editor to save it as /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf, despite that exact name having already being taken by a directory).
The solution: remove the directory and then write the file there instead. xorg.conf.d is supposed to be filled with regular files, not further subdirectories.
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Thank you, It worked!
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