Man, how do I get permissions to modify this file?

I mean I'm in Super User File manager, root , and it won't let me do it.

I even tried doing this trick: "Knoppix single" booting to the command line then "startx".

Usually that lets me do anything.

Not now. What's the trick to this one? The modified lilo.conf file is in my Home directory right now. All I have to do is move it.

Is there some special chmod code I need for this file?

Anyway, I made a small change in my bios in the power management section. I changed a setting to "video always on." It had been using a suspend setting, which I had not realized. Perhaps that's it. Maybe I should see if that fixed it before I do anything else.

PNP has always been turned off so that was not it.

The weird thing about this problem is that I can boot the computer for dozens of times and everything will be fine. But if the screen goes kablooey for a second or two then comes back.... I know the usb is gone.

I noticed on the boot CD that there is some sort of interactive relationship between usb and apm according to the messages I see on screen. I have not noticed this while booting from my HD installation.

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