How to Save Read Only Files, Questions on Location

[lovepine88]

I am trying to edit the geoclue.conf file, but it says it's read only. I don't know how to change that.    I am using Thunar. I got into su mode in king's cross, but not sure that helped.

Also, I have the modem disabled. Will pinephone still be able to know my location via gsm chips built into the hardware even if I edit geoclue?

In other words, if the modem is off and there's no SIM chip, am I still connected to a satalite anyway?

Use sudo before the app name, this will give you root level access.

Hello EvilBunny. In King's Cross, I typed sudo thunar, then it asks for my password and I put that in, then hit enter.

It says: "thunar: Failed to initialize Xfconf: Error spawning command line ?dbus-launch -autolaunch=(lots of #s) --binary-syntax --close-stderr?: Child process exited with code 1

No protocol specifiedUnable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(thunar:1234*) Gtk-WARNING **: 123:12:12:123: cannot open display: :0"

I didn't include the actual numbers for security reasons.

Did I do something wrong? Did I mispel sudo?

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Also, I have the modem disabled. Will pinephone still be able to know my location via gsm chips built into the hardware even if I edit geoclue?

In other words, if the modem is off and there's no SIM chip, am I still connected to a satalite anyway?

The GPS is part of the modem, so if the modem is powered down there can be no GPS fix. Also ModemManager (which mobian uses, at least if you're using Phosh) has a limitation that it won't enable GPS without a SIM present, even though the underlying modem hardware can do this. Unless you add something to stop modemmanager, start the gps then start modemmanager again, removing the SIM should be enough to stop the GPS being turned on.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

I'm trying to learn about privacy and aout the OS.