What is the best way to edit config files?

On Sharp ROMs, the built-in command line editor is "vi".

You should first make a backup copy of the file, in case your editing messes something up:

cp -p /home/etc/inetd.conf /home/etc/inetd.conf.bak

and then use vi:

vi /home/etc/inetd.conf

Do you know how to use vi? If you don't know how to use it, check out my Linux Newbie resources page:

http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/new.html

A quick guide to vi is at:

http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin10minutes.html#Vi

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Thanks for all your answers! I know how use vi, I wonder though where I can find the shell program on my Zaurus 5500. Or do I need to install it manually

It most likely needs to be installed manually.

My ROM version is 2.39. It mentiones "compiled by Sharp" therefor I assume it's the stock rom, however I can't find the console anywhere?!

Thanks for the link! I only have to get either my wifi card working or my sdcard before I can install anything :(

Ok, now that I have the terminal installed I would like to try editing config files. However I encounter 2 problems:

1) There isn't any text editor available (not even vi?!)
2) I tried to install nano just like the terminal but unfortunately it doens't get recognized. The add/remove function only sees the terminal ipkg?!

Hmmm. Did you solve your editing problems?

Please, if more questions, it helps us a lot in helping you debug if you can post the detailed screen output or a list of the steps you followed when you encountered the problem. At this point, it is not clear if you actually installed the console on your system, or just got the ipk there, ready to install.

For detailed steps about installing software, you might want to refer to the following page:

http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/ipks/install.html

If any section is unclear or you have information that should be added to help others on that page, let me know.

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